snowfield

[ snoh-feeld ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌfild /

a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.

Origin of snowfield

First recorded in 1835–45; snow + field

For a woman's colour to blossom warmly from a snowfield, means good news.

It Happened in Egypt |C. N. Williamson
Then you saw the edge of the snowfield of Mount Sarmiento far to the south.

With the Battle Fleet |Franklin Matthews
For example, within a snowfield the summers remain relatively cold.

Climatic Changes |Ellsworth Huntington
When that occurred, the growth of the snowfield as well as of the ice cap must have been accelerated by glacial movement.

Climatic Changes |Ellsworth Huntington

She would tell her aunt when she got home again that she should like the change of going to Snowfield for a week or ten days.

Adam Bede |George Eliot

snowfield

/ (ˈsnəʊˌfiːld) /

a large area of permanent snow

snowfield

[ snō′fēld′ ]

A large expanse of snow, usually with a smooth and uniform surface, and especially at the head of a glacier.