English Explanatory Dictionary

snowflake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
  2. Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
  3. The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
  4. Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
  5. Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
  6. A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
  7. Something that is unique in every presentation.
  8. A Caucasian person.
  9. Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)
verb
  1. To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
  2. To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

Pronunciation

snōʹflāk /ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/ /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/ en-us-snowflake.ogg

Word forms

snowflake snowflakes snow flake snow-flake ❄ snowflaking snowflaked

Etymology

From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.

Synonyms

special snowflake

Related words

❄ snowfleck

Derived words

autumn snowflake broflake flowsnake Koch snowflake paper snowflake quiet as a snowflake snowflake baby snowflake child snowflake curve snowflake eel snowflake generation snowflakelike snowflake moray snowflakeness snowflake obsidian snowflake queen snowflakery snowflake schema snowflake wheel snowflaky special snowflake special snowflake syndrome spring snowflake summer snowflake
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