Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snow in

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: snow in
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prevent from moving (from a building, in a city, etc) due to a large snowfall.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Engines with heavy snow ploughs are ordered to raise steam to a state of readiness, and freight trains may be cancelled or permissive loadings halved. This latter feature is of vital importance when it is borne in mind that trains are often snowed in through coming to rest between stations because of loss of tractive power."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

snows in (present, singular) snowing in (participle, present) snowed in (participle, past) snowed in (past)

Phrases

snowed in

Synonyms

snow over snow up

Questions

What does snow in mean?: To prevent from moving (from a building, in a city, etc) due to a large snowfall.

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