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snow cave

British  

noun

  1. mountaineering another name for snow hole

"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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They dug a small snow cave on the glacier with their ice axes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

“It is like being in a snow cave and hypothermia is a real danger.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023

If you're outside and caught in the storm, find shelter and try to stay dry and cover all exposed body parts, exercise or build a lean-to, windbreak or snow cave and fire for heat.

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021

In order to escape from the snow cave, he fashioned a chisel that he sometimes described as having been made from his own frozen feces.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 1, 2019

East beyond the snow cave -beyond the ice river itself the High Mountains were terrifyingly close.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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