| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |