snowball

English Thesaurus

1. snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	ball,
definition	:	a spherical object used as a plaything (noun.artifact)

substance holonym	:	snow,
definition	:	a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground (noun.substance)

2. ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup (noun.food)

hypernym	:	frozen dessert, frozen dessert,
definition	:	any of various desserts prepared by freezing (noun.food)

3. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	sand verbena,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena (noun.plant)

4. increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate (verb.change)

hypernym	:	increase,
definition	:	become bigger or greater in amount (verb.change)

5. throw snowballs at (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	bombard, pelt,
definition	:	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile (verb.contact)

6. snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	snowball,
definition	:	throw snowballs at (verb.contact)

7. throw snowballs at (verb.contact)

derivation	:	snowball,
definition	:	snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) (noun.artifact)

8. snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	snowball,
definition	:	throw snowballs at (verb.contact)

9. throw snowballs at (verb.contact)

derivation	:	snowball,
definition	:	snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) (noun.artifact)