"snow angel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snow angels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snow angel (plural snow angels)
  1. A design made in fresh snow by lying on one's back and moving the arms up and down and the legs from side to side. Categories (topical): Winter Translations (design): sneeu-engel (Afrikaans), 雪天使 (xuětiānshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), sneeuwengel [masculine] (Dutch), lumienkeli (Finnish), Schneeengel [masculine] (German), hóangyal (Hungarian), yas bee diyin naalʼaʼí (Navajo), anjo de neve [masculine] (Portuguese), сне́жный а́нгел (snéžnyj ángel) [masculine] (Russian), ángel nival [masculine] (Spanish), ángel níveo [masculine] (Spanish), snöängel [common-gender] (Swedish), anghel na niyebe (Tagalog)

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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "design",
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      "roman": "xuětiānshǐ",
      "sense": "design",
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      "sense": "design",
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      "sense": "design",
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    },
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    },
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      "sense": "design",
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      "word": "snöängel"
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