snowdrift
snowdrift
Definition
snow·drift (snō′drift′)
noun
- a smooth heap of snow blown together by the wind
- snow blown along by the wind
snowdrift
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- create: Snow had blown onto the road from nearby fields creating snowdrifts up to 1m high burying cars.
Adjective modifier
- deep: All I was aware of was deep snowdrifts that you could jump into without getting hurt or even properly dirty.
- large: A large artificial snowdrift was quickly created outside Mick's front door as well.
Noun used with modifier
- five-foot: The migrants plowed on but when they got to within three miles of the summit they found their way blocked by five-foot snowdrifts.
- winter: The shed protects the cutting from winter snowdrifts, which can pile as high as houses.
snowdrift Quotes
Know yourself as a snowdrift on the sand Heaped for two days, or three, then thawed and gone.
