snowpack

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Etymology

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From snow +‎ pack.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snowpack (countable and uncountable, plural snowpacks)

  1. An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
    • 2024 January 11, “First Seconds Of Being Swept Up By Avalanche Pretty Fun”, in The Onion[1]:
      Alpinist Herman Stelling reportedly noted Thursday that the first few seconds of being swept up in a cataclysmic avalanche was actually pretty fun. “Weeeeeeeee! Yay!” said the visibly overjoyed Stelling, stressing that he felt like a kid again as he was pulled downhill in the 200-mph rush of hardened, detached snowpack.