Winter Vocabulary

watery snow

• snowdrift

• avalanche

• slush

• arctic

a sudden burst of snowfall, snowing fast with gusty winds

• flurry

• glove

• snowplow

• shovel

cold, snowy, windy weather; very, very cold areas

• frost

• arctic

• precipitation

• sled

moisture that falls from the clouds, rain, snow, hail, sleet or mist

• precipitation

• avalanche

• icicle

• sled

brief, very strong storm

• slush

• squall

• thaw

• frost

a covering for the hand when the temperature gets cold, made of cloth or other durable material

• snowdrift

• scarf

• squall

• glove

frozen water

• ice

• avalanche

• shovel

• flurry

the sudden release of snow and ice from a mountain, a snowfall

• snowplow

• snowdrift

• avalanche

• icicle

something that you can ride down a snowy hill

• scarf

• sled

• squall

• slush

melting of ice and snow

• thaw

• frost

• freeze

• arctic