snow cave


noun
  1. mountaineering another name for snow hole

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How to use snow cave in a sentence

  • So, one after another, the sheep were drawn out of their snow-cave, and then the men drove them home.

  • In the afternoon a snow cave was dug, seven feet deep and enlarged to seven feet square at the bottom.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • “It certainly smells all right,” exclaimed Paul, as the appetizing odor from the frying meat filled the snow cave.

    On the Edge of the Arctic | Harry Lincoln Sayler
  • Into this snow cave Hugh went to look for a drink of water and presently called to the boys, telling them to come in to him.

    Jack the Young Explorer | George Bird Grinnell