Get to know Snowman better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like figure.
Snowman meaning
- 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).
- A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
- A playing card with the rank of eight.
Synonyms of Snowman
Using Snowman
- The main meaning on this page is: 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). | A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs). | A playing card with the rank of eight.
- Useful related words include: figure.
- In the example corpus, snowman often appears in combinations such as: the snowman, build snowman, snowman and.
Context around Snowman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snowman
- In this selection, "snowman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cup, upcoming, famous, hides, representing and festival stand out and add context to how "snowman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1783 and snowman diligently points and a the snowman. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snowman" sits close to words such as abort, aftermarket and airbag, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snowman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Seek out a The Snowman. (5 words)
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (7 words)
At last - a snowman that doesn't melt. (8 words)
O’Stayformore also read “The Snowy Day,” a classic 1962 book byEzra Jack Keats, about the adventures of a boy named Peter as he builds a snowman, makes a snow angel and brings home a snowball that promptly melts in his coat pocket. (43 words)
The current tower was built in 1783 – and Snowman diligently points out that while this means Boston Light is America's first lighthouse, it is the second oldest structure in service, after Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey, which was built in 1764. (43 words)
Burl Ives brought merry life to Sam the Snowman in Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a jolly, Frost-like character who acts as a narrator and also dispenses words of wisdom to the characters in the holiday film. (38 words)
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Disney+ short Once Upon A Snowman hides a clever Moana Easter egg when Oaken finds Olaf a nose and teaches the snowman about summer.
The Cultural Centre is home to this plastic cup snowman representing Morinville’s upcoming Snowman Festival.
After learning about the parts of a snowman, Smith School kindergarteners practice throwing snowballs at it Jan.
At last - a snowman that doesn't melt.
Burl Ives brought merry life to Sam the Snowman in Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a jolly, Frost-like character who acts as a narrator and also dispenses words of wisdom to the characters in the holiday film.
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Gasa is also renowned for its awe-inspiring mountain trails, including the famous Snowman trek, and high-altitude pathways that offer breathtaking vistas of glacial lakes.
He'd often score an 8 for a hole — which looks like a snowman on the scorecard — leading to the affectionate tribute.
In the John Lewis advert, Excitable Edgar is seen accidentally melting a child's snowman, setting fire to Christmas decorations, and burning through an ice rink, creating a hole.
I thought that the suite from Polar Express going into the interval was a high point until they later reached from The Snowman, accompanied by Dearman.
Miracle on 34th Street, The Snowman, Love Actually, and The Santa Clause also ranked highly, completing the top nine.
One year later, Jack is resurrected as a snowman after Charlie plays a magical harmonica.
O’Stayformore also read “The Snowy Day,” a classic 1962 book byEzra Jack Keats, about the adventures of a boy named Peter as he builds a snowman, makes a snow angel and brings home a snowball that promptly melts in his coat pocket.
Seek out a The Snowman.
Snowman and her husband have written two comprehensive books about Boston Light.
Something else we enjoyed doing was building a snowman.
The centre:mk has launched its Santa’s Grotto with the festive fun featuring the much-loved Christmas classic ‘The Snowman’.
The current tower was built in 1783 – and Snowman diligently points out that while this means Boston Light is America's first lighthouse, it is the second oldest structure in service, after Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey, which was built in 1764.
The trail has been created by Wild in Art, who created previous years’ Penguin Parade and Walking with the Snowman.
We still have a couple of those in rotation, most famously “Once There Was a Snowman,” but the others have been replaced by songs that teach a lesson.
Common combinations with snowman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the snowman 19×
- build snowman 5×
- snowman and 5×
- snowman in 4×
- snowman olaf 4×
- upon snowman 3×
- as snowman 3×
- of snowman 2×
- snowman that 2×
- snowman on 2×