cornice
Example Sentences
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As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.
From New York Times
Saturday found a backpack next to a broken snow cornice near the crater rim.
From Seattle Times
Standing near the mountain peak, the snowboarder triggered the avalanche on a cornice — an overhang of snow that can form on steep alpine slopes — and fell to his death.
From Seattle Times
People should stay away from all avalanche terrain and “avoid travel below big, steep slopes, cornices, cliffs, and rocky terrain covered in snow,” the avalanche center warned.
From Seattle Times
Another kind of avalanche occurs when wind creates a cornice of snow that hangs over a ridge or the edge of a steep slope.
From Seattle Times
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