noun
Etymology
Origin of snowdrift
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at snow, drift
Example Sentences
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Hours later, Syta got a frantic call from her mother after she’d been trapped in a snowdrift for several hours.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
Use safeguards and properly ventilate when using heat from a fireplace, space heater or wood stove and make sure gas furnaces are not blocked by a snowdrift.
From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2021
The brittle, dry cookies absorb the moisture of the cream, softening into cake, while the whipped cream stiffens up into a plush snowdrift of frosting that’s just barely firm enough to slice.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
Unable to make a dent in the rocky, frozen ground, Bjorge dug his foxhole in a snowdrift.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2020
At half an hour after midnight, as you all know, the train ran into a snowdrift.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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