snowfield
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈsnoʊˌfiːld/
- UK
:
campo de nieve
- The moon loomed large along the shoulder of a hill; it was bright in the empty snowfields.
- a steep snowfield
- alpine snowfields
- avalanche-prone snowfield
Examples
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The peaks of the Sideways Mountains glistened as the sun struck their virgin snowfields.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the Arctic region, vast snowfields remain frozen year-round, creating a stunning white landscape.
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For a moment, the plane hovered in perfect equilibrium a few yards above the snowfield.
Fiction book (2002) -
To the east, the wall of a snowfield gleamed a bottomless blue.
Fiction book (2001) -
Snowfields lay in every other direction: a vast plain bare of cover.
Fiction book (1992) -
An open area stretched ahead of him, and he picked his way carefully across the snowfield, wary of crevasses.
Fiction book (1999) -
A young man in a down parka is limping across the snowfield, away from the wrecked car.
Fiction book (1996) -
To the far north and far south, snowfields glittered and dazzled.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mountains and bright snowfields of the Rockies vanished, replaced by darkness.
Fiction book (1994) -
There were no protective caves, no ledges, no tarns, but steep ridges, bouldered ravines, spiky towers, and deep snowfields.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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3.4
A thick layer of ice and snow that always covers large land areas like the poles or mountain tops
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word snowfield is made of snow and field, where 'snow' is frozen water and field means 'open land'. So a snowfield is an area of 'open land' covered in snow, often high on mountains or near the poles.