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snow⋅slide

[snoh-slahyd]
–noun
an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
Also, especially British, snow-slip [snoh-slip] .


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; snow + slide
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snow·slide   (snō'slīd')   
n.  An avalanche of snow.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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