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Narrator: Today's word is "Snow" — noun, pronounced /snəʊ/, with the stress on "snow".
Narrator: Snow is soft white ice crystals that fall from the sky, and the very bright white colour named after them.
Narrator: In plain English, winter white.
Narrator: It comes from Old English snāw.
Narrator: A common collocation is "snow white", which describes the purest white.
Narrator: It differs from "ivory", because snow is a cool pure white, while ivory is warm and yellowish.
Narrator: In a second sense, "snowed under" means overwhelmed with work.
Narrator: Meteorology, travel, design and winter sport rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: snow is frozen flakes and the brightest white.
Speaker A: Is snow really a named colour?
Speaker B: Yes! SNOW is even a CSS colour, from Old English snāw.
Speaker A: Slightly off pure white?
Speaker B: A whisper of pink.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Snow fell all night", weather. "A snow-white tablecloth", description. "I'm snowed under at work", busy.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Snow is uncountable, so say "some snow" or "a snowfall", not "a snow".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Frost is its cousin, pure white its twin, and alabaster an alternative — yet snow keeps its wintry charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "snow" in AI prompts — useful for weather apps and light themes.
Speaker A: How for weather?
Speaker B: Alerts.
Prompt: Send a morning alert when more than two centimetres of snow is forecast.
Speaker A: And themes?
Speaker B: Backgrounds.
Prompt: Use snow as the page background in this bright minimal theme.
Speaker A: Could it help workload?
Speaker B: Yes, for planning.
Prompt: Spot team members who are snowed under and suggest how to rebalance tasks.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Travel.
Prompt: Write a ski resort update describing fresh snow conditions.
Snow — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary