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snowbank

[ snoh-bangk ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌbæŋk /

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noun

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

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to give up possession or occupancy of.

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Origin of snowbank

First recorded in 1770–80; snow + bank¹

Words nearby snowbank

snow-white, snowball, snowball bush, snowball tree, snowball's chance in hell, a, snowbank, snowbell, snowbelt, snowberry, snowbird, snowblading

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Example sentences from the Web for snowbank

She must have dropped right into the snowbank in the bottom—Ruth!
Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island|Alice Emerson
We have known a Chinese mother, in a moment of dissatisfaction, to throw her young and naked infant out of doors into a snowbank.
Village Life in China|Arthur H. Smith
As I came up to the spring, I heard voices and saw two forms sitting at the edge of the snowbank.
Heart's Desire|Emerson Hough
In a snowbank, half fallen open like a split nut, was visible a kind of human figure, mummified by dry cold.
The Red River Half-Breed|Gustave Aimard

He was found half frozen in a snowbank, from which the chums rescued him, and sent him back home.
Bart Keene's Hunting Days|Allen Chapman

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