termination dust

English

Termination dust in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, September 2007

Noun

termination dust (uncountable)

  1. (US) In Alaska, a light, high-altitude snowfall that indicates the end of summer.
    The miners hurriedly prepared for winter as the termination dust settled on the slopes above them.
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