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Word of the day
for December 24
snow n
  1. (uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
    1. (countable) An instance of the falling of snow (sense 1); a snowfall; also, a snowstorm.
    2. (countable) A period of time when snow falls; a winter.
    3. (countable) An accumulation or spread of snow.
  2. Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or colour.
    1. (countable, cooking) A dish or component of a dish resembling snow, especially one made by whipping egg whites until creamy.
    2. (uncountable)
      1. The white colour of snow.
        snow:  
      2. (figurative) Clusters of white flowers.
      3. (figurative) The moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference.
      4. (figurative) Sea foam; sea spray.
      5. (figurative) Also in the plural: white hair on an (older) person's head.
      6. (figurative, poetic) White marble.
      7. (figurative, slang) Money, especially silver coins.
      8. (figurative, slang, dated) White linen which has been washed.
      9. (chemistry) A substance other than water resembling snow when frozen; specifically, frozen carbon dioxide.
      10. (marine biology) Clipping of marine snow (“sinking organic detritus in the ocean”).
      11. (originally US, slang) Cocaine; also (less frequently), heroin or morphine.

snow v

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
    1. (also figurative) Of a thing: to fall like snow.
  2. (transitive)
    1. To cause (something) to fall like snow.
    2. To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow.
    3. (figurative)
      1. To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair.
      2. (originally US, slang) To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
        1. (poker) To bluff (an opponent) in draw poker by playing a hand which has no value, or by refusing to draw any cards.
      3. (US, slang, chiefly passive voice, voice) To cause (someone) to be under the effect of a drug; to dope, to drug.

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Usage

This template is used for creating the Word of the Day that appears on the Wiktionary Main Page, and for archiving such WOTDs at pages in the format "Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive//".

Sample template

{{WOTD|||tl=||comment=||}}

Parameters

Parameter Remarks
1st parameter mandatory: The Word of the Day, which should be one of the lemmas (main entries) in Wiktionary.
2nd parameter mandatory: The part of speech of the word. It is suggested that you use the following abbreviations:
adj adjective interj interjection prep preposition proverb proverb
adv adverb n noun pron pronoun v verb
conj conjunction phrase phrase proper n proper noun
link By default, the template links to the top of the English section of an entry. To have the template link to a different heading, use this parameter to specify the heading name, like this: |link=Verb.
term-label or tl
to
term-label8 or tl8 		A label that applies to all the senses of an entry: see {{term-label}} for more information. Up to eight labels can be added, like this: |tl=idiomatic|tl2=chiefly|tl3=US.
3rd parameter mandatory: The definition of the word. If the word has numerous definitions, choose some of them to highlight. You may wish to use "" to indicate omissions. The number "1." will be automatically inserted before the first definition, but you will need to add "#" before second and subsequent definitions. Do not include any {{defdate}}, {{synonyms}}, or {{antonyms}} templates; usage examples; or quotations.
4th and 5th parameters mandatory: The 4th parameter should be the month spelled out (e.g., "January"), and the 5th parameter should be the day of the month indicated as a number with no leading zero (e.g., "1").
6th parameter
or
comment 		A comment about the word; for example, the reason why the word was selected to be featured on a particular date.
audio The name of an audio file indicating how the word is pronounced. The template will try to default to files in the following formats:
  • En-us-.oga and En-uk-.oga.
  • En-us-.ogg, En-uk-.ogg, and En-au-.ogg.
  • En-us-.flac and En-uk-.flac.
  • En-us-.mp3 and En-uk-.mp3.

If these files do not exist, then no link to an audio file will be displayed, unless a filename is specified using the parameter like this: |audio=whipsmart.flac. However, it is strongly recommended that you name and upload audio pronunciation files in the standard format starting with En-us-, En-uk-, etc.

To suppress an audio file which exists, use |audio=no.


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