Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin coating of ice, as on rock.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aussi, on est en alerte orange, bientot rouge pour la neige, le verglas et tout et tout alors bon ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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Pas pour toujours mais genre quand ya du verglas ou des trucs comme ca comme elle habite pas loin du boulot.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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J'ai depensé des centaine de dollars chez Luts en fringues d'hiver pour Ezy qui ne serviront a rien puisque malgre l'alerte orange voire rouge nous n'avons aucun flocon de neige ... juste trois quatre plaque de verglas a la con .... bref!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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Time slipped by and the salt trucks had passed and the sun had burned most of the verglas off the trees where it dripped, dripped onto the ground.
Archive 2008-12-01 Lauri 2008
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Time slipped by and the salt trucks had passed and the sun had burned most of the verglas off the trees where it dripped, dripped onto the ground.
The Transformation of Any Man Lauri 2008
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My eyebrows were soon covered in hoarfrost, and my fleece was turned to verglas.
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My eyebrows were soon covered in hoarfrost, and my fleece was turned to verglas.
Haec Olim Meminisse Iuvabit* « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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He beat the verglas from its sides and drew it on, zipping it to the throat and pulling up the hood.
The Wall Jeff Long 2005
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Pushing myself, continually out of breath, I scurried up and to the left across small snowfields linked by narrow runnels of verglas and short rock bands.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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Barely breathing now, I moved my feet up, scrabbling my crampon points across the verglas.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
apgarian commented on the word verglas
thin layer of ice coating a rocky surface or path
September 6, 2009