snowflake

Meanings

Plural: snowflakes

Noun

• a crystal of snow
• white Arctic bunting
• A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
• Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
• The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
• Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
• Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
• A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
• Something that is unique in every presentation.
• A Caucasian person.
• Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)

Verb

• To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
• To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

Synonyms

flake, Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird, special snowflake

Related Words

snowfleck, ❄