Meanings
adjectivesnowborne (not comparable)
- not comparableBorne from, carried in, or transported by or over snow.
I wondered uncomfortably what might be out in the dark, scenting me on the snowborne air.
2001, Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn, →ISBN, page 3222 more examples
The men in Alaska found out the hard way which were the best sled designs and tractors needed for snowborne freighting.
1947, P. W. Roberts, “Diesels Lick the Arctic”, in Diesel Progress, page 46In 1978, more than 3000 sq km of the regional area was contaminated by industrial fluorides with snowborne concentrations of up to 13 mg/L.
1987, M. Ouellet, “Reduction of Airborne Fluoride Emissions from Canadian Aluminium Smelters as Revealed by Snow Chemistry”, in The Science of the Total Environment, volume 66, pages 65-72
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*snóygʷʰos
- Proto-Germanic*snaiwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*snaiw
- Old Englishsnāw
- Middle Englishsnow
- Englishsnow
- Englishsnowborne
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