sastruga • \SAS-truh-guh\ • noun : a wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind -- usually used in pluralIt's officially winter and cold outside when words that mean 'hard snow' are popping up on the word of the week!
Yes, the wind is howling, snow is being piled into wavelike ridges by nose-nipping windchills, and more snow is sure to come.
If you're unlucky to live in a really cold clime, (like, say, Illinois) you might experience the plural of sastruga, as in lots and lots of crested snow banks, which is sastrugi.
Yes, winter is upon us, but let's look on the positive side. There may be a beautiful, wavelike sastruga nestled in a snowbank near you that will be beautiful enough to help you forget your frozen fingers and toes.
And if not, there's always hot chocolate to thaw you out once you pull yourself out of a sastruga snow bank.
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