snowdrift
[snoh-drift]
Origin of snowdrift
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Contemporary Examples of snowdrift
The crude, rusting poles are piled side-by-side in a snowdrift of steel on the floor of the Hirshhorn.
Historical Examples of snowdrift
You can clamber on the snowdrift, Peony, and reach them easily.
Kay did as he was told, but he felt as if he had fallen into a snowdrift.
No silly vision should drag him across a snowdrift on such a night.
The Secret of the Storm CountryGrace Miller White
There was a snowdrift six feet in depth before the farmhouse piazza.
When Life Was YoungC. A. Stephens
Three sunny days on the edge of the snowdrift will bring it forth.
Woodland TalesErnest Seton-Thompson
snowdrift
- a bank of deep snow driven together by the wind
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Word Origin and History for snowdrift
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