snowbase

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noun

The snow which is settled on the ground in below-melting-point conditions.

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Meanings

nounsnowbase (plural snowbases)

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

Origin

From snow + base.

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Translations

Finnish hanki, lumihanki
  • hankisnow which is settled on the ground
  • lumihankisnow which is settled on the ground

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sawbones
Cite this entry
APA

snowbase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowbase

MLA

“snowbase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowbase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowbase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowbase.

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