corn snow

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   granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing

   Broadersnow

Questions about corn snow

What does corn snow mean?

corn snow means "granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing".

Is corn snow a common word?

corn snow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.