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snowcrete

snowcrete noun: compressed snow that can be used to build structures.

Noun

snowcrete (uncountable)

  1. compressed snow that can be used to build structures
    • It is suggested that military personnel in the Arctic use the materials easily available , such as snowcrete and icecrete . Snowcrete is snow compacted by natural or artificial means . The hardness of snowcrete increases with decrease[…]1951, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.), Technical Report, page 117

Origin of snowcrete

From snow + -crete.

Questions about snowcrete

What does snowcrete mean?
Snowcrete means compressed snow that can be used to build structures.
What part of speech is snowcrete?
Snowcrete is a noun.

Words near snowcrete in the dictionary

  1. snowcover
  2. snowcovered
  3. snowcraft
  4. snowcream
  5. snowcreams
  6. snowcrete
  7. snowcross
  8. Snowden
  9. Snowdenista
  10. Snowdenistas
  11. Snowdens

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