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blizzard
/ˈblɪz.ɚd/
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What does blizzard mean?
noun
- A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
- (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.
- (figuratively) A large number of similar things; especially, such a group arriving as an inundation, thick and fast.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To fall in windy conditions.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈblɪz.ɚd/
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In the morning it was still coming down with a high wind, and the papers announced a blizzard.
This gave place to north-east winds and mist, and at the beginning of June came another south-west blizzard, with cold driving snow.
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The stores, stacked in heaps close by, were completely covered, and another blizzard swooping down on the 7th made things still worse.
When a mere boy, he was once scouting for game in midwinter, far from camp, and was overtaken by a three days’ blizzard.