snowbank

[ snoh-bangk ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowbank¹

First recorded in 1770–80; snow + bank ¹

Example Sentences

Carve a snowbank into a sculpture, or fill balloons with water and food coloring, freeze them, peel off the balloons, and use the colorful orbs to decorate your porch.

From Outside Online

You’re stuck in a raging blizzard, your car in a snowbank on the highway, and you need a tow if you don’t want to stay where you are overnight.

From Popular-Science

The wide feet create a stable base even when perched in a snowbank.

From Outside Online

Meanwhile, even the skilled Downhill Skier has only a marginal chance of snowplowing to a halt, much less doing something graceful like jumpturning into the snowbank.

From Outside Online

Here, we’ve collected the best tools for shoveling snow, with arms that are long enough to prevent hunching, ergonomic designs to reduce back strain, and durable materials that can cut through any snowbank.

From Popular-Science

He called for help, but the cry rose no higher than the snowbank.

From Project Gutenberg

She was either too blind or too utterly spent to see the snowbank in front of her, as suddenly it shut out her mirage of home.

From Project Gutenberg

We hit the snowbank like a battering ram, the snow piling up in front of us as hard as stone; the shock was terrific!

From Project Gutenberg

The snow sifts through my door and window until I have a regular snowbank all along the inside of the house.

From Project Gutenberg

Rose watched it as it alighted on a little unmelted snowbank, and, hurrying over, picked it up.

From Project Gutenberg

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