snowbelt
Americannoun
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a region of annual or heavy snowfall.
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Also called Frostbelt. (initial capital letter) Also Snow Belt the northern parts of the U.S., especially the Midwest and the Northeast, that are subject to considerable snowfall.
Etymology
Origin of snowbelt
Example Sentences
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The snowbelt zones off Lakes Erie and Ontario were other areas where snowfall was extremely lacking, perhaps surprisingly so, considering the enormous amounts in Buffalo.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023
From Alaska to Maine, the nation's 19 snowbelt states are passing or planning new laws to regulate the noisy off-road machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everywhere you looked someone was filing for bankruptcy, or throwing his belongings into a U-Haul to find another job up in the rustbelt or snowbelt or crimebelt from which he thought he had escaped.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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