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snowface

snowface noun: a snow-covered mountain feature.

Noun

snowface (plural snowfaces)

  1. A snow-covered mountain feature.
    • For the easiest descent, drop west from the summit into the Granite Chief Wilderness via a broad snowface, then climb back to the summit or any of several saddles, and descend Ward Creek back to parking.1998, Louis W. Dawson, Wild Snow: A Historical Guide to North American Ski Mountaineering, page 36

Forms of snowface

pluralsnowfaces

Origin of snowface

From snow + face.

Questions about snowface

What does snowface mean?
Snowface means a snow-covered mountain feature.
What part of speech is snowface?
Snowface is a noun.
What is the plural of snowface?
The plural of snowface is snowfaces.

Words near snowface in the dictionary

  1. snower
  2. snowers
  3. Snowes
  4. snowest
  5. snoweth
  6. snowface
  7. snowfaces
  8. snowfall
  9. snowfalls
  10. snowfarming
  11. snowfield

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