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snowbase

snowbase noun: the snow which is settled on the ground in below-melting-point conditions.

Noun

snowbase (plural snowbases)

  1. The snow which is settled on the ground in below-melting-point conditions.
    • The Ski Club of Great Britain is forecasting fluctuating and heavy snowfalls of the kind that could make for an unstable, potentially dangerous snowbase.2000 November 21, Oliver Burkeman, Kate Connolly, “When the snow falls”, in The Guardian

Forms of snowbase

pluralsnowbases

Origin of snowbase

From snow + base.

Questions about snowbase

What does snowbase mean?
Snowbase means the snow which is settled on the ground in below-melting-point conditions.
What part of speech is snowbase?
Snowbase is a noun.
What is the plural of snowbase?
The plural of snowbase is snowbases.

Words near snowbase in the dictionary

  1. snowballings
  2. snowballs
  3. snowballs in hell
  4. snowbank
  5. snowbanks
  6. snowbase
  7. snowbases
  8. snowbear
  9. snowbears
  10. snowbed
  11. snowbeds

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