compacted snow
Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words
describes snow that has been compressed into a dense mass
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- Driving on compacted snow can be extremely hazardous without proper tires.
- Hikers struggled to walk on the icy, compacted snow covering the trail.
- Be careful hiking, as the path is covered with a slippery layer of compacted snow.
- The weight of the vehicles had further compacted the snow on the mountain road.
- Glaciers form over millennia from immense pressure turning fallen flakes into compacted snow and eventually ice.
- Children were able to build a sturdy snowman from the compacted snow in the yard.
- The children had a hard time building a snowman because the ground was covered in old, compacted snow.
- Skiers often prefer fresh powder, but the compacted snow provided a fast surface.
- After the ski race, the course was nothing but a sheet of hard, compacted snow.
- Special plows are required to clear the heavily compacted snow from the runways.
- We had to use an ice scraper to break through the compacted snow on the windshield.
- Beneath the newly fallen flakes, a thick layer of compacted snow remained.
- The weight of the new snowfall further compressed the older layers into dense, compacted snow.
- The ground was covered in a treacherous sheet of compacted snow and ice.
- Shoveling the heavy, compacted snow from the driveway took hours.
- After days of freezing temperatures, the soft snow had become rock-hard compacted snow.
- You could see the distinct layers of compacted snow where the plows had cut into the snowbank.
- They used shovels and picks to break up the compacted snow blocking the entrance.
- The side roads remained treacherous for days, covered in a mix of ice and compacted snow.
- The cross-country ski course featured sections of both fresh powder and firm compacted snow.