See snows in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"snow#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/snəʊz/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[snəʊ̯z]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/snoʊz/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[snoʊ̯z]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊz"
}
],
"word": "snows"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_description/20250107",
"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"snows"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "snows",
"trace": ""
}
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