snail
noun /sneɪl/
/sneɪl/
Idioms - a small, soft creature with a hard, round shell on its back, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants. Some types of snail can be eaten.
enlarge image- the war with the slugs and snails in my garden
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- edible
- aquatic
- land
- …
- shell
- slugs and snails
- (at) a snail’s pace
Word OriginOld English snæg(e)l, of Germanic origin; related to German Schnecke.
Idioms
at a snail’s pace
- very slowly
- Traffic had slowed to a snail’s pace.