windslab

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noun

Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.

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Meanings

nounwindslab (countable and uncountable, plural windslabs)

plural windslabs

  1. countableuncountableSnow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.

    The local Lombarde has blasted upper slopes, occasionally closed lifts and deposited windslab, potentially dangerous to off-piste skiers, on lee slopes.

    2009 February 6, Stephen Lee, “Skiwatch”, in The Guardian

Origin

From wind + slab.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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