snowplow
noun
an implement or machine for clearing away snow from highways, railroad tracks, etc.
snowplows
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pluralof snowplow.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Icicles hung from the eaves and snowplows navigated Frankfort’s narrow, winding streets after an unusually cold winter blast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
In past years, rural areas in the northeast have been entirely cut off while snowplows attempted to clear roads.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
It’s an ambitious goal for a city that manages passenger cars and vans as well as police cars, dump trucks, snowplows, bucket trucks, certain off-road vehicles and firetrucks.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
But a municipality with its much larger scale could reasonably invest in more efficient, motorized sidewalk snowplows.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023
By mid-April, the snow melted enough that snowplows could clear a path on old logging roads up to a landing above Coldwater Creek.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
