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snow farming

snow farming noun: the management of snow, using barriers and equipment, in order to manipulate its coverage, e.g. to prepare ground for skiing or to prevent snowdrifts.

Noun

snow farming (uncountable)

  1. The management of snow, using barriers and equipment, in order to manipulate its coverage, e.g. to prepare ground for skiing or to prevent snowdrifts.
    • Areas including Kitzbühel, Kitzsteinborn, Davos, Seefeld and even Europe's highest resort, Val Thorens, have used “snowfarming”–where, at the end of winter, remaining snow is collected in a huge pile, or “snow depot”, then insulated using various combinations of woodchips, sawdust, hard insulation...2023 February 11, Tom Robbins, “The heat is on”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18

Forms of snow farming

alternative formsnowfarming

Questions about snow farming

What does snow farming mean?
Snow farming means the management of snow, using barriers and equipment, in order to manipulate its coverage, e.g. to prepare ground for skiing or to prevent snowdrifts.
What part of speech is snow farming?
Snow farming is a noun.

Words near snow farming in the dictionary

  1. snow doughnut
  2. snow doughnuts
  3. snow down
  4. snow drift
  5. snow drifts
  6. snow farming
  7. snow fence
  8. snow fences
  9. snow fencing
  10. snow festival
  11. snow festivals

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