snowpack

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noun

An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.

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Meanings

nounsnowpack (countable and uncountable, plural snowpacks)

plural snowpacks

  1. countableuncountableAn accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
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    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 hardened, detached snowpack.

    2024 January 11, “First Seconds Of Being Swept Up By Avalanche Pretty Fun”, in The Onion

Origin

From snow + pack.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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