Saturday, March 26, 2016

quinzhee

A quinzhee or quinzee /ˈkwɪnziː/ is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of hard snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin, and entered the English language by 1984.
at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Nine holes

  Nine holes is a two-player abstract strategy game from different parts of the world and is centuries old. It was very popular in Englan...

  • abstemious
    Marked by, or spent in, abstinence ; as, an abstemious life.
  • Nureongi
    Nureongi (누렁이) and Hwangu (황구; 黃狗) are Korean terms meaning "Yellow Dog" used to refer to tannish mongrel or landrace of dog in...
  • acrolect - mesolect - basilect
    Three portions of the post-creole continuum : acrolect ( linguistics ) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form. m...