snail
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
A small soft animal with no legs that moves very slowly and carries a hard round house on its back.
A snail was crawling slowly up the wet window last night.
Snails had eaten holes in nearly every leaf of lettuce.
The snail pulled its whole body back inside its shell.
In some restaurants snails are served hot with garlic butter.
Common collocations: garden snail · snail shell · sea snail · at a snail's pace · a trail of slime
Part of: Animals, The garden