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NEVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neve mean?
• NEVE (noun)
The noun NEVE has 1 sense:
1. the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
Familiarity information: NEVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("neve" is a kind of...):
ice (the frozen part of a body of water)
Holonyms ("neve" is a part of...):
glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)
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