ice storm

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   a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice

   Synonymssilver storm

   Broaderstorm

Questions about ice storm

What does ice storm mean?

ice storm means "a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice".

What is another word for ice storm?

Close synonyms include silver storm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ice storm a common word?

ice storm 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.