neve

Definition of Neve in English :

1. neve

the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Neve

noun archaic

1.

a nephew or grandson

2.

a spendthrift

noun

1. Also called: firn

a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice

2.

a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed into ice

noun

1.

firn

2.

the area above or at the head of a glacier that accumulates firn

n.

1. The upper part of a glacier where the snow turns into ice.

2.

a. A snow field at the head of a glacier.

b. The granular snow typically found in such a field.