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snowfield

[snoh-feeld]
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noun Geology.
  1. a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.

Origin of snowfield

First recorded in 1835–45; snow + field
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Examples from the Web for snowfield

Historical Examples

  • Hot passions cooled before the breath of the snowfield and the glacier.

    The Man

    Bram Stoker

  • Then you saw the edge of the snowfield of Mount Sarmiento far to the south.

    With the Battle Fleet

    Franklin Matthews

  • For example, within a snowfield the summers remain relatively cold.

    Climatic Changes

    Ellsworth Huntington

  • Wherever, beneath the edge of a snowfield, the country shapes itself into a valley, there you will find a glacier.

    Peeps at Many Lands: Norway

    A.F. Mockler-Ferryman

  • She impatiently dried the tears from her eyes, so that she could see over the snowfield in front of the house.

British Dictionary definitions for snowfield

snowfield

noun
  1. a large area of permanent snow
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snowfield in Science

snowfield

[snō′fēld′]
  1. A large expanse of snow, usually with a smooth and uniform surface, and especially at the head of a glacier.
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