snowman
pronunciation
How to pronounce snowman in British English:
UK [ˈsnəʊmæn]
How to pronounce snowman in American English:
US [ˈsnoʊmæn]
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- Noun:
- a figure of a person made of packed snow
Word Origin
- snowman (n.)
- also snow-man, 1827, from snow (n.) + man (n.).
Example
- 1. Why can 't the snowman get any respect ?
- 2. You hit it with a tennis racket , and it turns into a snowman .
- 3. An 1898 postcard shows a snowman carrying two bottles of champagne off to an office party .
- 4. One winter he was asked to make a snowman in the courtyard of the medici palace in florence .
- 5. The snowman 's history spans the renaissance , the early years of the american colonies , even the franco-prussian war .