Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large expanse of snow, especially at the head of a glacier.
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- noun A large
permanent expanse ofsnow on amountain or at the head of aglacier .
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- noun a permanent wide expanse of snow
Etymologies
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Examples
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Our options were further limited by the fact that we need four-wheel drive — the Taconic, our preferred route upstate, is double the fun in a blizzard and the driveway of our house is essentially a snowfield until someone remembers to plow us out.
Life on Four Wheels Ralph gardner Jr. 2010
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Standing on a snowfield far from any city as oceans of 10-degree air flow from the north, one can peer into the disc of the galaxy as if from space.
The Fire We Tend Against Winter Mark Helprin 2011
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It is a curious source of pleasure to stand on the bridge and look up at the snowfield in the distant mountains and know that is where the stream begins.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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By dawn I was at the first snowfield, which had a good track in it.
Summit Meetings Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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It is a curious source of pleasure to stand on the bridge and look up at the snowfield in the distant mountains and know that is where the stream begins.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It is a curious source of pleasure to stand on the bridge and look up at the snowfield in the distant mountains and know that is where the stream begins.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It is a curious source of pleasure to stand on the bridge and look up at the snowfield in the distant mountains and know that is where the stream begins.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Above us we still had a steep, loose snowfield to cross and a large overhanging cornice to surmount before summiting — both of which would prove to be the hardest climbing of the route.
A Long and Slippery Slope Michael J. Ybarra 2010
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Above us we still had a steep, loose snowfield to cross and a large overhanging cornice to surmount before summiting — both of which would prove to be the hardest climbing of the route.
A Long and Slippery Slope Michael J. Ybarra 2010
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Above us we still had a steep, loose snowfield to cross and a large overhanging cornice to surmount before summiting — both of which would prove to be the hardest climbing of the route.
A Long and Slippery Slope Michael J. Ybarra 2010
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