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Snowball
01
a ball of snow pressed together, typically for throwing in play
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
snowballs
Examples
The children made a snowball and tossed it across the yard.
02
a ball of crushed ice flavored with fruit syrup, typically served as a dessert or treat
Examples
He bought a cherry snowball from the street vendor.
03
a ball of ice cream, often covered with coconut and sometimes chocolate sauce
Examples
She treated herself to a chocolate-covered snowball after lunch.
04
a plant with heads of fragrant white, trumpet-shaped flowers, typically growing in sandy, arid regions
Examples
The desert garden featured blooming snowballs along the pathway.
to snowball
01
to increase or grow rapidly and uncontrollably
Informal
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
snowball
3rd person singular
snowballs
Present participle
snowballing
Past simple
snowballed
Past participle
snowballed
Examples
The social media campaign began to snowball, gaining widespread attention and support.
02
to throw snowballs at someone or something
Examples
The children began to snowball each other in the yard.
Lexical Tree
snowball
snow
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