Winter Wonderland

avalanche - lavina

noun - a lot of snow that comes down the side of a mountain and is dangerous for people

blizzard - sněhová bouře

noun - a snow storm

cross-country skiing - běžecké lyžování

noun - a winter sport in which you travel over a quite flat land on skis

downhill skiing - sjezdové lyžování

noun - a kind of winter sport in which you go down the mountain on skis

freeze - zmrznout, zmrazit, mrznout, mrazit

verb - to become frozen, to become solid because of a very low temperature

frozen - zmrzlý

adjective - solid because of a very low temperature

hockey - hokej, lední hokej

noun - a game for two teams played on ice where the players score by hitting a small black thing (a puck) into the opponent's goal using long wooden sticks

chairlift - lanovka (sedačková)

noun - a way of transporting people (esp. skiers) on a kind of chair travelling through the air fastened to a cable

Christmas - Vánoce

noun - a holiday that is celebrated on and around the 25th of December, when people give each other presents etc.

ice - led

noun - frozen water

ice rink - ledová plocha (kluziště), kluziště (ledová plocha)

noun - a surface made of ice that is used for skating, playing hockey etc.

icicle - rampouch

noun - a pointed stick of frozen water

plough - pluh

noun - a tool used to break up soil in the field, or clear snow from roads etc.

skate - bruslit, jezdit na bruslích

verb - to slide over ice on special boots with metal blades fitted to them

skating - bruslení

noun - moving on ice using special boots with metal blades

ski - lyžovat

verb - to move over snow on long narrow pieces of wood or plastic fastened to your boots

ski lift - lyžařský vlek

noun - a way of transporting skiers up the hill, by pulling them up by a device fastened to a cable

sled - saně, sáňky, sáně

noun, American English - a small vehicle on which you can slide over snow down a hill

sleet - plískanice, déšť se sněhem

noun - rain and snow together

slide - klouzat, klouzat se, sklouznout, sklouznout se

verb - to move smoothly over a surface without moving your feet or without turning wheels

slope - sjezdovka

noun - a surface for downhill skiing

snow - sníh

noun - frozen water in the form of a soft white material

snowboarding - snowboarding

noun - a winter sport in which you ride down a snow-covered slope on a wide wooden or plastic board

snowdrift - závěj

noun - a large and deep heap of snow that was made by the wind

snowman - sněhulák

noun - a figure made of balls of snow

winter - zima

noun - the coldest season of the year