VOCABULARY CHECK
- snow is used as a verb to describe the weather. It snows a lot in January. We also use snow as a noun to talk about the white stuff that falls down – There was a big pile of snow in front of my house.
- snow flurries or just “flurries” means a very light snowfall.
- a blizzard is a heavy snow storm which also has a lot of wind.
- stick is a verb meaning adhere. When snow falls and covers the ground (instead of melting), we say the snow sticks to the ground. The snow is sticking.
- pile up is a phrasal verb meaning accumulate.
- accumulation is used to talk about the amount of snow that has piled up. Accumulation is a formal word and usually used in newscasts to talk about snow – “We expect a snow accumulation of 40cm.”
- plow is a verb meaning to push away the snow with a special truck (with a scoop attached to the front.) The special truck is called a snowplow.
- salt as used in this lesson is a chemical variation of table salt which is used to melt snow and ice.
- a shovel is a tool used to dig a hole or in this case, to remove snow by hand. The action is also shovel – I shovel snow with a shovel.
- brush is the action of wiping snow from a surface.