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snowpack

snowpack noun: an accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.

Noun

snowpack (countable and uncountable, plural snowpacks)

  1. An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
    • Alpinist Herman Stelling reportedly noted Thursday that the first few seconds of being swept up in a cataclysmic avalanche was actually pretty fun. “Weeeeeeeee! Yay!” said the visibly overjoyed Stelling, stressing that he felt like a kid again as he was pulled downhill in the 200-mph rush of...2024 January 11, “First Seconds Of Being Swept Up By Avalanche Pretty Fun”, in The Onion

Forms of snowpack

pluralsnowpacks

Origin of snowpack

From snow + pack.

Questions about snowpack

What does snowpack mean?
Snowpack means an accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
What part of speech is snowpack?
Snowpack is a noun.
What is the plural of snowpack?
The plural of snowpack is snowpacks.

Words near snowpack in the dictionary

  1. snowologist
  2. snowologists
  3. snowoman
  4. snowout
  5. snowouts
  6. snowpack
  7. snowpacks
  8. snowpants
  9. snowpark
  10. snowparks
  11. snowpea

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