névé
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
a field of such snow.
Origin of névé
1- Also called firn, old snow .
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How to use névé in a sentence
During the last presidential debate, Neves went so far to refer to Rousseff as “flighty.”
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton | Heather Arnet | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJose Neves entered the world of fashion when he was 20, launching a cyberpunk shoe label.
Meet the Creative: Farfetch Brings Couture to Your Couch | The Fashion Beast Team | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaptain Antonio Rodrigues Neves then kindly invited me to take up my abode in his house.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneCaptain Neves invited all the principal inhabitants of the place, and did what he could to feast them in a princely style.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneCaptain Neves was now actively engaged in preparing a present, worth about fifty pounds, to be sent by Pombeiros to Matiamvo.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David Livingstone
Captain Neves had one weighing 120 lbs., and this weight is by no means uncommon.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneA fine boy of Captain Neves' had, since my passage westward, shared a similar fate.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David Livingstone
British Dictionary definitions for névé
/ (ˈnɛveɪ) /
Also called: firn a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice
a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed into ice
Origin of névé
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for névé
[ nā-vā′ ]
The upper part of a glacier, consisting of hardened snow.
The granular snow typically found in such a field.
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