Meaning

4 senses
  1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

    Schneemann

    сне́жная ба́баsnéžnaja bába, снегови́кsnegovík

    снігова́ ба́баsnihová bába, снігови́кsnihovýk

  2. A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).

  3. (slang)A playing card with the rank of eight.

  4. (rare)An attractive but heartless man.

More definitions
  • a figure of a person made of packed snow

Examples

121 sentences
  1. We might build a snowman later.

    Ми можемо побудувати сніговика пізніше.

    ruМы могли бы построить снеговика позже.

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  2. Tom and Mary are building a snowman.

    Том і Мері будують сніговика.

    ruТом и Мэри строят снеговика.

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  3. The next morning, the snowman had completely melted.

    Наступного ранку сніговик розтанув.

    ruНа следующее утро снеговик полностью растаял.

    deAm nächsten Morgen war der Schneemann vollständig geschmolzen.

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  4. Tom asked Mary to help him make a snowman.

    Том попросив Мері допомогти йому зліпити сніговика.

    ruТом попросил Мэри помочь ему слепить снеговика.

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  5. Who built the snowman?

    Хто зліпив сніговика?

    ruКто слепил снеговика?

    deWer hat den Schneemann gemacht?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
figure made of snow:
Русский
By meaning 1
figure made of snow:
Deutsch
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figure made of snow:

Origin

* snow + -man.

* snow + -man.

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Forms

plural: snowmen
Singularsnowman
Pluralsnowmen

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Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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