snowstorm

noun

Etymology: From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).

1. Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.

   “Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm.”

2. A snow globe.

   “As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.”