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snowball

/ˈsnoʊbɑl/ /ˈsnəʊbɔːl/ /ˈsnoʊbɔl/

Meanings
noun
A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

Examples :

"The children laughed as they threw a snowball at each other in the park. "
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Related Words

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illustrating verb

/ˈɪləˌstreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪləˌstreɪɾɪŋ/

To shed light upon.

"The teacher used a diagram, illustrating how the heart pumps blood through the body. "

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grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

A mother of someone's parent.

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

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appropriate verb

/əˈproʊpriət/ /əˈproʊprieɪt/

To make suitable; to suit.

"The teacher will appropriate the new lesson plan to the students' current level of understanding. "

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particular noun

/pəˈtɪkjələ/ /pəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

"The teacher pointed out a particular detail in the math problem that several students missed. "

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government noun

/ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/ /ˈɡʌvɚ(n)mənt/

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

"The government decided to raise taxes to fund new schools. "

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ejaculated verb

/iˈdʒækjuleɪtɪd/ /iˈdʒækjəleɪtɪd/

To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.

"The volcano suddenly ejaculated a plume of ash and lava. "

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snowballed verb

/ˈsnoʊbɔld/ /ˈsnoʊˌbɔld/

To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.

"The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government."

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snowballing verb

/ˈsnoʊˌbɔlɪŋ/ /ˈsnoʊˌbɑlɪŋ/

To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.

"The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government."

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information noun

/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ /ˌɪnfəɹˈmeɪʃən/

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

"The information about the project deadline resolved my uncertainty; now I know what needs to be completed. "

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proportion noun

/pɹəˈpɔːʃən/ /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/

A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

"The proportion of students who chose math as their favorite subject was quite high. "

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struggling verb

/ˈstɹʌɡlɪŋ/

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

"During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves."

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unemployment noun

/ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/

The state of having no job; joblessness.

"Unemployment made Jack depressed."