/snəʊz/, [snəʊ̯z], /snoʊz/
OriginFrom snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).
- plural, plural-onlyOne or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic.
“To men legislating for the vast area betwixt the two oceans, betwixt the snows and the tropics, somewhat of the gravity and grandeur of nature will infuse itself into the code.”
- abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, pluralClipping of snow tires.
“You’d better be wearing your snows next week.”
“74 VW dyke mobile, 75K miles. Immac in/out & great to drive. No rust! Includes roofrack, snows, manual.”
- dated, plural, plural-only, poeticA woman's pale-coloured breasts.
- form-of, pluralplural of snow
“The snows in Alaska are quite different from the snows here.”
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of snow
- form-of, pluralplural of Snow