Snowslide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An avalanche of snow

    "The particular type of avalanche against which this shelter has been designed to guard is of landslides rather than snowslides, and the G.W.R. has good reason to remember the happenings which prompted its construction."

Synonyms

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avalancheavalancheblizzardcoastcrystalflake

Example

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"A snowslide obstructed the road."

Etymology

From snow + slide. Compare landslide.

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