Snowman

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/
• US IPA: /ˈsnoÊŠ.mæn/

Origin

From snow + man.

Full definition of snowman

Noun

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).
2. (slang) A playing card with the rank of nine.
3. (golf) A score of eight on a single hole.

Antonyms

• snowwoman

Hypernyms

• snow figure, snowperson

Derived terms

• abominable snowman
• snowman abnormality
• snowman sign

Related terms

• snow angel