Usually means: Snowfall caused by cold lake air.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word lake effect:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. lake effect: Merriam-Webster
  2. lake effect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Lake-effect, lake-effect: Wordnik
  4. lake-effect, lake effect: Wiktionary
  5. lake-effect: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. lake effect: Dictionary.com
  7. Lake Effect (disambiguation), Lake Effect (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. lake effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lake effect: Encyclopedia

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  1. lake effect: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lake effect)

▸ noun:  (meteorology) An effect of large bodies of fresh water on the weather of regions downwind.

Similar:
quake lake, rain shadow, eluvium, ice foot, seiche, glacial lake outburst flood, lakescape, bedload, wall cloud, playa lake, more...

Opposite:
seeffect, coastal effect, land effect

Types:
snow, sleet, hail, more...

Phrases:
lake effect snow, Lake Wobegon effect, Lake Effect Kid, more...

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Similar:
quake lake, rain shadow, eluvium, ice foot, seiche, glacial lake outburst flood, lakescape, bedload, wall cloud, playa lake, more...

Opposite:
seeffect, coastal effect, land effect

Types:
snow, sleet, hail, more...

Phrases:
lake effect snow, Lake Wobegon effect, Lake Effect Kid, more...



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