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SNOWBLINDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snowblindness mean?
• SNOWBLINDNESS (noun)
The noun SNOWBLINDNESS has 1 sense:
1. temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice
Familiarity information: SNOWBLINDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
snow-blindness; snowblindness
Hypernyms ("snowblindness" is a kind of...):
blindness; cecity; sightlessness (the state of being blind or lacking sight)
Derivation:
snow-blind (temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice)
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