powder snow

English

Powder snow blowing off 'the tops'

Pronunciation

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Noun

powder snow (uncountable)

1. Freshly fallen, uncompacted snow, especially in the context of Alpine skiing

   Expert skiers love skiing on powder snow.

Synonyms

• powder (short form)
• pow (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• japow

Translations

uncompacted snow

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉雪 (zh) (Fěnxuě)

• Dutch: poedersneeuw (nl) m or f
• Finnish: pakkaslumi (fi), puuterilumi (fi), puuteri (fi)
• French: poudreuse (fr) f
• German: Pulverschnee (de) m
• Hungarian: porhó (hu)
• Irish: púdar sneachta m
• Japanese: 粉雪 (ja) (konayuki)
• Navajo: yas dibahí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: puddersnø m

  Nynorsk: puddersnø m

• Swedish: pudersnö (sv) c

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