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ski slope

ski slope

5 1.6
A hill covered with snow made for people to ski down
  • noun
  • /ski sloʊp/
  • UK
translation icon : pendiente de esquí
  • Just before Christmas, Attorney General John Ashcroft put in a call to former prosecutor Gregory W. Kehoe, who was about to hit the ski slopes while on vacation in Vail, Colo.

And I'm skiing and I'm realizing I can't get down the ski slopes.

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Examples

  • You know that in Gstaad they have 64 square miles of ski slopes?

    Leviathan (1989)

  • There are no ski slopes on Hawaii

    Mad Heidi (2022)

  • So here is the snow ski slope and you start here and you come down.

  • Yes, did you injure yourself on that ski slope?

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I don't think most working parents are looking to take a long weekend at the beach or ski slope on early release days.

    Blog text (27)

  • Young people flocked to the ski slopes.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Since 1985, there has been less and less natural snow falling on Northeastern ski slopes.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Snow is piled at the base of a ski slope at Seven Springs Resort in Champion, Penn.

    Blog text (5)

  • Someone is about to buy this place and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast inn, taking advantage of the business from the new ski slope over at Scaly Mountain.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The resort offers a variety of ski slopes for both beginners and experienced skiers.

Synonyms

ski run
vsski slope
  • UK
1 2.9

A slope prepared and kept for people to ski on

is broader meaning any snow-covered hill or area prepared for downhill sliding
ski trail
vsski slope
  • UK
1 3.0

A prepared path on a mountain for people to ski

is the general term for any prepared snow area used for downhill sliding
piste
vsski slope
  • Jargon
1 7.5

A marked ski run on a mountain with packed snow

is broader and covers any snow-covered hill or area prepared for downhill sliding

How Steep

extreme
877 3.6
steep
131 2.5
ski slope
  • UK
5 1.6
gentle
27 1.0

Surface Forms

ski slope singular
ski slopes plural

Morphology

ski + slope

The meaning is directly compositional: 'ski' (the activity or equipment) modifies 'slope' (a slanting piece of land), so 'ski slope' straightforwardly means a slope used for skiing. This noun‑noun compounding pattern is regular in English and mirrored in many languages (e.g. 'pista de esquí', 'piste de ski'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Ski slope: The compound noun ski slope comes from a simple picture: people wearing skis sliding down a slope, a hill. So it means 'a snow-covered hill or area used for skiing'.