# Snice

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{{Short description|Intermediate between snow and ice}}
{{for|the Polish village|Śnice}}
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'''Snice''' is a [portmanteau](/source/portmanteau) of ''snow'' and ''ice''. It refers to a type of frozen water whose physical characteristics make it an intermediate between snow and ice: ''snow-ice.''<ref>[http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/travel/escapes/02ahead.html Snow or No, It’s a Party] By Austin Considine, [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times), February 2, 2007</ref> The use of snice, due to its strength, has become normative in modern ice construction, in buildings such as the [winter ice hotels](/source/Ice_hotel)<ref>{{Cite web |trans-title=How are Ice Hotels built? |title=Hur byggs Ishotellet? |url=http://www.destinationkunskap.se/uppbyggnad.html |lang=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108063143/http://www.destinationkunskap.se/uppbyggnad.html |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> constructed annually in certain arctic nations, and the elaborate [ice palace](/source/ice_palace) constructions, where it forms the bonding between ice blocks, somewhat as mortar does between the bricks of a traditional brick-built structure.{{cn|date=July 2025}} It is referred to as snow-ice because it has a snow-like appearance (white, soft, and melts in the mouth), but ice-like physical characteristics.

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