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ski-through

UK/ˈskiːθɹuː/US/ˈskiːθɹu/

ski-through adjective: of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to other establishments so they can ski directly to those establishments.

Adjective

ski-through (not comparable)

  1. Of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to other establishments so they can ski directly to those establishments.
    • [page 14] [T]wo resort owners in the Ely area were asked if they would be willing to join forces and attempt to get a trail constructed to connect the two businesses and jointly market a ski-thru program. […] [page 15] The end product of this activity was the construction of trail segments linking...1971, Staff Paper, St. Paul, Minn.: Institute of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 14 and 15
    • Three lodges—Borderland, Gunflint Lodge, and Bearskin Lodge—have initiated a ski-thru program. Skiers can tour between lodges. Your gear is transported ahead to be there on arrival.1982 November, Mitch Mode, “Update: Cross Country Midwest”, in Dick Needham, editor, Ski, volume 47, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Times Mirror Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page CC17, columns 1–2
  2. Of a restaurant, shop, or other establishment or facility: providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.
    • Families can ski together in a friendly atmosphere on specially marked areas, and you and your children can spend time at our fun-filled Children's Adventure Mountain™ with special ski-through attractions.1992 September, “Get Away to It All [advertisement]”, in John Fry, editor, Snow Country: The Year-round Magazine of Skiing, Mountain Sports & Living, volume 5, number 5, Trumbull, Conn.: Golf...
    • Resort-level snow and ski-through, car-free village give an Alpine atmosphere.1994, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, editors, Where to Ski, London: Boxtree, →ISBN, page 149

Noun

ski-through (plural ski-throughs)

  1. A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.
    • McDonald's / Worldwide locations include Beijing in China, Pushkin Square and Gorky Street in Moscow, and a ski-thru in Sweden. There is also a McDonald's on a ferry which sails between Stockholm and Helsinki.2004, Angela Pumphrey, Superbrands: An Insight into Britain’s Strongest Brands 2004, London: Superbrands, →ISBN, page 129
    • By the late 1990s McDonald’s claimed to be opening a new store somewhere every three hours. In Sweden, that meant a ski-thru.2015 May, Jeff MacGregor, “Taking Stock of 75 Years of McDonald’s: Has the Original Fast-food Restaurant Finally Reached the End of Its Success?”, in Smithsonian, archived from the original on 03 Aug...

Examples of ski-through in a sentence

  • There are four lodges on the Gunflint trail (County Road 12) that are owned by the originators of the first midwest ski-through program.1985, Elizabeth Noren, Gary Noren, Ski Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: Nodin Press, →ISBN, page 115:
  • A ski-through system by Entrelogic will be installed at four resorts this season.2004, Ski Area Management, volume 43, North Salem, N.Y.: Beardsley Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:
  • All points of entry at the lifts are ski-through and non-contact.2003, Ski Area Management, volume 42, North Salem, N.Y.: Beardsley Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86:
  • McDonald's and Burger King outlets are everywhere in the developed world. […] There is a ski-through on a slope in Sweden and by now Beijing and Moscow have their own outlets as well.2016, Martin Beckstein, “Entrepreneurial Space Production”, in The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory...

Forms of ski-through

Adjective
alternative formski-thru
Noun
pluralski-throughs

Origin of ski-through

Deverbal from ski through, modelled after drive-through.

Questions about ski-through

What does ski-through mean?
Ski-through means of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to other establishments so they can ski directly to those establishments.
How do you use ski-through in a sentence?
There are four lodges on the Gunflint trail (County Road 12) that are owned by the originators of the first midwest ski-through program.
What part of speech is ski-through?
Ski-through can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ski-through?
Ski-through is pronounced /ˈskiːθɹuː/ (UK).

Words near ski-through in the dictionary

  1. ski-ramp noses
  2. ski-resort
  3. ski-resorts
  4. ski-slope nose
  5. ski-slope noses
  6. ski-through
  7. ski-throughs
  8. ski-thru
  9. ski-thrus
  10. skiability
  11. skiable

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