noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
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There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions.
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This occurs in cold climates that have heavy snowfalls during the winter.
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Donald Peterson said at a Pentagon news briefing as heavy snowfall continued to hamper search and rescue efforts near Vail, Colo.
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It was a heavy snowfall and by morning even the most prominent landmark was disguised beneath a thick covering of snow.
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In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981, several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days.
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Initially scheduled for Basingstoke on February 9, the trial was postponed when heavy snowfalls made travel absolutely impossible for many athletes.
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He began his planning in January but found practice curtailed two weeks ago by a heavy snowfall .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the first snowfall of the season
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There was very little snowfall last year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A light snowfall was just beginning, and Jasper looked like wonder itself with snowflakes in his hair.
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He says the variable pattern of snowfall does more to affect the figures than anything else.
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In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981, several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days.
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The moist snowfall had changed into rain.
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The Washington-area appeared to have the most trouble recovering from the snowfall , its heaviest since 1979.
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There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions.
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This occurs in cold climates that have heavy snowfalls during the winter.