Snowbelt
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An area that is characterized by heavy annual snowfall.
- 2 Especially, the area around the Great Lakes in the north-eastern United States. also
"Monthly totals of less than 6 inches fell in western, central, and east-central sections, with the exception of the Great Lakes snowbelt, where totals ranged from as much as 9 inches along Lake Erie up to 16 inches along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, amounts well below normal for the snowbelt in December."
Example
More examples"Monthly totals of less than 6 inches fell in western, central, and east-central sections, with the exception of the Great Lakes snowbelt, where totals ranged from as much as 9 inches along Lake Erie up to 16 inches along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, amounts well below normal for the snowbelt in December."
Etymology
From snow + belt.
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