snowmaking

noun

snow·​mak·​ing ˈsnō-ˌmā-kiŋ 

often attributive

: the production of snow usually for ski slopes

Examples of snowmaking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

American resorts say the soaring costs are due to warming temps, which require more snowmaking, and the general cost of capital improvements, not to mention the rising insurance costs due to our litigious society. —Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Jan. 2026

With help from artificial snowmaking and a foot (30 centimeters) of recent snowfall, more lifts and runs will open starting this weekend, resort officials said in a statement. —Mead Gruver, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026

It’s owned by a co-op, strictly skiers-only, and so dedicated to preserving natural conditions that snowmaking is extremely limited. —Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026

The couple got clearance from the resort to go down the snowy mountain and spent two and a half hours searching with metal detectors along with the resort’s night shift snowmaking supervisor, Pat Harper. —Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for snowmaking

• awaking
• backbreaking
• bookmaking
• breathtaking
• brickmaking
• caretaking
• dressmaking
• filmmaking
• forsaking
• glassmaking
• groundbreaking
• haymaking