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snow ice

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noun
opaque ice formed from partly melted snow or ice; frozen slush.
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Origin of snow ice

First recorded in 1835–45
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How to use snow ice in a sentence

  • He was struck on the head by a block of hard packed snow ice, and rendered unconscious.

    Johnny Longbow|Roy J. Snell
  • Already Schonberg was half way across to them, heading for where they stood at the up-stream end of the snow-ice.

    The Crimson Sweater|Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Then, before any of the watchers could even turn back to head her off, she was skimming over the white streaks of soft snow-ice.

    The Crimson Sweater|Ralph Henry Barbour
  • If there comes a deep fall of snow the ice is 'pricked' so as to let the water up through and form snow ice.

    The Hudson|Wallace Bruce
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