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# snowflake

noun (a snowflake, snowflakes)

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

## Everyday

1. A single piece of snow made of ice crystals, usually with six points or sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#m1)
2. (slang, insulting) A person said to be too easily upset or offended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons snowflakes form when water vapour freezes in clouds; they have six-fold symmetry, which links to maths lessons on symmetry. In crafts, children cut paper snowflakes. The slang sense is used as an insult in arguments; it is unkind. Phrases: no two snowflakes are alike, paper snowflake.

### Examples

- A snowflake landed on my glove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#x1)
- Every snowflake has six sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#x2)
- We cut paper snowflakes for the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#x3)
- Snowflakes drifted down past the streetlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#x4)
- Scientists photograph snowflakes under a microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#x5)
- (slang, unkind) He called his cousin a snowflake for crying at the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowflake/#x6)

### Note

Countable. «No two snowflakes are exactly alike» is widely said; it is very likely but cannot be proved for every flake. A snowflake has rotational symmetry of order 6.

## On Mova

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