snowfield

[ snoh-feeld ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌfild /

noun Geology.

a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.

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Origin of snowfield

First recorded in 1835–45; snow + field

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Examples from the Web for snowfield

For a woman's colour to blossom warmly from a snowfield, means good news.
It Happened in Egypt|C. N. Williamson
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
When that occurred, the growth of the snowfield as well as of the ice cap must have been accelerated by glacial movement.
Climatic Changes|Ellsworth Huntington

She would tell her aunt when she got home again that she should like the change of going to Snowfield for a week or ten days.
Adam Bede|George Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for snowfield

snowfield

/ (ˈsnəʊˌfiːld) /

noun

a large area of permanent snow

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Science definitions for snowfield

snowfield

[ snō′fēld′ ]

A large expanse of snow, usually with a smooth and uniform surface, and especially at the head of a glacier.