snow line

noun

: the lower margin of a perennial snowfield

Examples of snow line in a Sentence

climbing above the snow line

Recent Examples on the Web

With climate change, droughts are getting more severe, winters are getting warmer, and average snow lines have moved higher in the mountains. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

But the snow line is expected to climb next week as a warmer Pineapple Express system raises the risk of flooding due to heavy rain and snowmelt. — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026

A lot of uncertainty remains in the forecast as temperatures waffle across the area, causing the rain/snow line to continue to shift, the weather service said. — Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026

As of Tuesday morning, the snow line was down below the 3,000' mark. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for snow line

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline

Kids Definition

snow line

noun

: the lower edge of an area of permanent snow (as a mountain peak)