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- noun Alternative spelling of
quinzhee .
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Examples
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In the winter though, I am going to have to go with a quinzee.
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In the winter though, I am going to have to go with a quinzee.
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Placing twigs of approximately the same length into the snow mound will help to keep the dome of the quinzee a uniform thickness.
Cool Tools 2008
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It is difficult while digging inside the quinzee to maintain a uniform wall thickness.
Cool Tools 2008
john commented on the word quinzee
"After setting up tents, we learned how to build a snow cave, or quinzee (thought to be a word and technique derived from the Athabascan people)."
- Polar Discovery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
November 30, 2007