snowbase

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ base.

Noun

snowbase (plural snowbases)

1. The snow which is settled on the ground in below-melting-point conditions.
   • 2000 November 21, Oliver Burkeman, Kate Connolly, “When the snow falls”, in The Guardian:

     The Ski Club of Great Britain is forecasting fluctuating and heavy snowfalls of the kind that could make for an unstable, potentially dangerous snowbase.

Translations

snow which is settled on the ground

• Finnish: hanki (fi), lumihanki (fi)

Anagrams

• sawbones