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corn snow

noun

, Skiing.
  1. snow in the form of small pellets or grains produced by the alternate melting and freezing of a snow layer.


corn snow

noun

  1. skiing granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corn snow1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Unblemished carpets of corn snow are practically guaranteed outside the ski area boundaries. 

Toss in the hot days and chilly nights of warmer months, and the snowpack, often a 16-foot-thick slab of “cement,” transforms into the next best thing after powder — a soft, silky phenomenon called corn snow.

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