snowdrift

[ snoh-drift ]
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noun
  1. a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.

  2. snow driven before the wind.

Origin of snowdrift

1
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at snow, drift

Words Nearby snowdrift

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How to use snowdrift in a sentence

  • Penny landed in a snowdrift at the river bank, her parka awry, goggles hanging on one ear.

    Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt
  • The publisher waded through a shrunken snowdrift to a side door of the building.

    Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt
  • snowdrift of the mountains, Spindrift of the sea, You shall keep your kingdoms; Joscelyn for me!

    Songs from Vagabondia | Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
  • snowdrift of the mountains, Spindrift of the sea, Let us part the treasure Of the world in three.

    Songs from Vagabondia | Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey

British Dictionary definitions for snowdrift

snowdrift

/ (ˈsnəʊˌdrɪft) /


noun
  1. a bank of deep snow driven together by the wind

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