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# blizzard

noun (a blizzard, blizzards)

«blizzard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A blizzard is a very bad snowstorm with strong wind, lots of blowing snow and very poor visibility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#m1)
2. A blizzard of something is a huge amount of it all at once, like a blizzard of emails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and weather lessons, blizzards happen in cold places like Canada, the northern USA and mountains; pupils learn safety: stay indoors, keep warm, don't travel. In stories, a blizzard traps characters or makes a journey dangerous. Phrases: caught in a blizzard, a raging blizzard.

### Examples

- The blizzard closed all the schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x1)
- We stayed indoors during the blizzard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x2)
- In a blizzard you can hardly see your own hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x3)
- The climbers were caught in a blizzard on the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x4)
- The wind howled all night in the blizzard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x5)
- Snowploughs cleared the roads after the blizzard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x6)
- There was a blizzard of paper when the box fell over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a blizzard, blizzards. Spelling: double z. A blizzard is more than heavy snow: it needs strong wind too. Safety: stay inside, keep warm, and never go out alone in a blizzard because you can get lost very close to home.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blizzard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blizzard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blizzard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blizzard.html) on Mova free.