Meanings
- not comparableLocated on or near a ski slope.
In the Green Mountains of north-central Vermont, this project is the first slopeside development in Stowe, the center of a resort area long popular with weekenders — especially in winter.
2007 January 5, Nick Kaye, “Spruce Peak at Stowe”, in New York Times
plural slopesides
- The side of a slope.
As roots clutch the gully soil and cling to the slopesides.
2022, Gregory Day, Words Are Eagles1 more example
There were still few trees, but the slopesides seemed very steep, and plastered over them were the patterned patches of Indian farms!
1942, Sullivan C. Richardson, Adventure South, page 205
Origin
- Englishslope
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
- Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
- Old Englishsīde
- Middle Englishside
- Englishside
- Englishslopeside
Cite this entry
slopeside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slopeside
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