A sudden snowslide buried the mountain trail, forcing the climbers to halt their ascent until rescue arrived.
一场突如其来的雪崩掩埋了山路，迫使登山者停下攀登，等待救援。
Which choice best defines “snowslide”?
B — A mass of snow sliding down a mountain. “snowslide” means a mass of snow sliding down a mountain.
Which word means “a mass of snow sliding down a mountain”?
A — snowslide. “snowslide” means a mass of snow sliding down a mountain.
snowslide — a mass of snow sliding down a mountain. In Chinese: 雪崩.
snowslide is pronounced /ˈsnəʊslaɪd/.
A sudden snowslide buried the mountain trail, forcing the climbers to halt their ascent until rescue arrived. (一场突如其来的雪崩掩埋了山路，迫使登山者停下攀登，等待救援。)
avalanche, snow slip, landslide — all close in meaning to snowslide (a mass of snow sliding down a mountain).
Yes. snowslide is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.