slopeside

slopeside

English

Etymology

    From slope + -side.

    Adjective

    slopeside (not comparable)

    1. Located on or near a ski slope.
      • 2007 January 5, Nick Kaye, “Spruce Peak at Stowe”, in New York Times[1]:
        In the Green Mountains of north-central Vermont, this project is the first slopeside development in Stowe, the center of a resort area long popular with weekenders — especially in winter.

    Noun

    slopeside (plural slopesides)

    1. The side of a slope.
      • 1942, Sullivan C. Richardson, Adventure South, page 205:
        There were still few trees, but the slopesides seemed very steep, and plastered over them were the patterned patches of Indian farms!
      • 2022, Gregory Day, Words Are Eagles:
        As roots clutch the gully soil and cling to the slopesides.

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