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snowdrift Definition

snow·drift (snōdrift′)

noun

  1. a smooth heap of snow blown together by the wind
  2. 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.

—Khayya¤ m , Omar

Browse dictionary entries near snowdrift

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  6. snowblower
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  8. snowbird
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  10. Snowbelt
  1. snowdrop
  2. snowfall
  3. snowfield
  4. snowflake
  5. snowman
  6. snowmelt
  7. snowmobile
  8. snowmold
  9. snowpack
  10. snowplow