"winter storm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪntə(ɹ) stɔːm/ [UK], /ˈwɪntɚ stɔɹm/ [Canada, US] Forms: winter storms [plural]
enPR: wĭnʹtər [Canada, US] Etymology: winter + storm Etymology templates: {{compound|en|winter|storm}} winter + storm Head templates: {{en-noun}} winter storm (plural winter storms)
  1. A meteorological event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm in which ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form. Wikipedia link: winter storm Derived forms: Operation Winter Storm, winter storm warning, winter storm watch Translations (A winter storm): winterstorm [masculine] (Dutch), sneeuwstorm [masculine] (Dutch), vintroŝtormo (Esperanto), talvimyrsky (Finnish), lumimyrsky (Finnish), tempête de neige [feminine] (French), Wintersturm [masculine] (German), 冬の嵐 (fuyu no arashi) (Japanese), 겨울 폭풍 (gyeoul pokpung) (Korean), vinterstorm [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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