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# snowman

noun (a snowman, snowmen)

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

## Everyday

A snowman is a figure of a person made of snow, usually two or three big snowballs stacked up, with a face of stones or coal and a carrot nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday winter life children build snowmen; in stories like «The Snowman» or Olaf in «Frozen» a snowman comes alive. In science, a snowman melts when the temperature rises above 0 °C. Phrases: «build a snowman», «make a snowman», «the snowman melted».

### Examples

- We built a snowman in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#x1)
- Our snowman has a carrot for a nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#x2)
- The snowman melted when the sun came out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#x3)
- Roll a big snowball for the snowman's body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#x4)
- Olaf is a funny snowman in «Frozen». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#x5)
- Put a hat and scarf on the snowman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowman/#x6)

### Note

Irregular plural: snowman → snowmen. One word. Water freezes and snow stays at 0 °C or below; above that, the snowman slowly melts.

## On Mova

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