snowman
/ˈsnəʊ.mæn/noun
Early ChildhoodNot in standard dictionaries
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
A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
3
A playing card with the rank of eight.
4
An attractive but heartless man.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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