snowmaker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of snowmaker
First recorded in 1950–55; snow ( def. ) + maker ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The event is expected to be “a snowmaker of the likes we have not seen for many years,” said Andrew Rorke, senior forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023
In the Cascades, Mother Nature turned the snowmaker on high, with high winds and more than a foot of snow expected to accumulate through Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023
This is the call of duty for a snowmaker.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2022
Iconic Zermatt, the village below the Matterhorn and the now-melting, shifting Swiss-Italian border, got the first IDE snowmaker.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 23, 2014
Oppenheim, a burly man who’d have made a fine snowmaker, drove circles around a field in Maine on a snowmobile to make his “One Hour Run.”
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2013
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