snowless

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adjective

Without snow, not having any snow.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivesnowless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout snow, not having any snow.

    As the dogs were hooked up to the gangline linking them to the A.T.V. on a snowless day, the cacophony of barking built as the animals pulled at the harness to get going.

    2008 February 16, Rebecca Santana, “Training for Alaska, in New Jersey”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snóygʷʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*snaiwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snaiw
  5. Old Englishsnāw
  6. Middle Englishsnow
  7. Englishsnow
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  10. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  12. Englishsnowless

From snow + -less.

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Translations

Finnish lumeton
  • lumetonwithout snow
French sans neige
  • sans neigewithout snow
German schneefrei, aper
  • schneefreiwithout snow
  • aperwithout snow
Icelandic snjólaus
  • snjólauswithout snow
Polish bezśnieżny
  • bezśnieżnywithout snow
Swedish snölös
  • snölöswithout snow
Welsh di-eira
  • di-eirawithout snow

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Cite this entry
APA

snowless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowless

MLA

“snowless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowless.

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