snowbase

noun

snowbase

noun

Etymology From snow + base.

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:

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