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snowbank

American  
[snoh-bangk] / ˈsnoʊˌbæŋk /

noun

  1. a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.


Etymology

Origin of snowbank

First recorded in 1770–80; snow + bank 1

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A woman was found dead in a car driven into a snowbank at Yellowstone National Park Saturday.

From Washington Times May 17, 2023

She went outside and saw that a snowbank fell off their roof and onto Jason and the small enclosure where the generator was housed.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2023

Cristian Nunez shoveled a snowbank at a motel in Mammoth Lakes.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2023

The body of Charles Ahkiviana, 55, was discovered frozen in a snowbank near a busy department store, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2023

It smashed against the snowbank that had piled up outside.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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