snowperson

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ person.

Pronunciation

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Noun

snowperson (plural snowpersons or snowpeople)

1. (uncommon) Snow sculpted into a human figure, a snow figure: a snowman or snowwoman.
   • 2009 February 4, Jess Cartner-Morley, “What fashionable snowmen are wearing in 2009”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     For a snowperson, fashion is all in the accessories.

   • 2021 July 1, Chelsey Hamm, Samuel Brady, Open Music Theory‎^[2], Inversion and Figured Bass:

     You might think of first inversion triads as looking like a snowperson whose feet have been moved above their head [...]

Synonyms

• snow figure

Derived terms

• abominable snowperson

See also

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