MEANING
Containing or covered with partly melted snow or a mixture of water and ice.
Use it for
Winter thaw, wet cold footing, and snow losing structure.Place a scene between frozen and liquid conditions.
Words that belong together
- slushy snow
- slushy path
- slushy ice
On the page
Slushy snow slid from the branch.
Their footprints filled with water on the slushy path.
The lake's edge was slushy where the afternoon sun reached it.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- slushy
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Not simply muddy; requires ice or snow in its physical weather sense. Comparative: slushier; superlative: slushiest. Related noun: slush.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.