blizzard
part of speech
noun (a blizzard, blizzards)
meaning for a pupil
1) A blizzard is a very bad snowstorm with strong wind, lots of blowing snow and very poor visibility. tree →
2) A blizzard of something is a huge amount of it all at once, like a blizzard of emails. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and weather lessons, blizzards happen in cold places like Canada, the northern USA and mountains; pupils learn safety: stay indoors, keep warm, don't travel. In stories, a blizzard traps characters or makes a journey dangerous. Phrases: caught in a blizzard, a raging blizzard.
examples
- The blizzard closed all the schools. tree →
- We stayed indoors during the blizzard. tree →
- In a blizzard you can hardly see your own hand. tree →
- The climbers were caught in a blizzard on the mountain. tree →
- The wind howled all night in the blizzard. tree →
- Snowploughs cleared the roads after the blizzard. tree →
- There was a blizzard of paper when the box fell over. tree →
note
Countable: a blizzard, blizzards. Spelling: double z. A blizzard is more than heavy snow: it needs strong wind too. Safety: stay inside, keep warm, and never go out alone in a blizzard because you can get lost very close to home.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «blizzard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.