lake-effect snow

Main Entry:  lake-effect snow
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a phenomenon created when cold dry air passes over a large warmer lake, such as one of the Great Lakes, and picks up moisture and heat
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Main Entry:  lake-effect snow
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a localized snow falling in convective bands along the lee of lakes when relatively cold air flows over the warm water
Example:  In the US, lake-effect snow often occurs on the southern and eastern shores of the Great Lakes during Arctic cold-air outbreaks.
Usage:  The same effect over bodies of salt water is called ocean effect snow, sea effect snow, or even bay effect snow.
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Lake-effect snow is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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