also: べたゆき
wet snow; sticky snow
Snow that is heavy, wet, and clings together easily, good for making snowballs or snowmen. Often contrasted with 粉雪 (powder snow).
Today's snow is wet and sticky, so it's easy to make a snowman.
Wet snow has piled up on the road, making it hard to walk.
Standard kanji-katakana spelling; the katakana portion reflects the mimetic/descriptive nature of ベタ (sticky).
Hiragana variant; less common but still used, especially in casual writing.
Compound of ベタ (sticky, clinging) and 雪 (snow). The exact origin of ベタ is uncertain, but it is likely a mimetic word describing stickiness.