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View synonyms for snowdrift

snowdrift

[ snoh-drift ]

noun

  1. a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
  2. snow driven before the wind.


snowdrift

/ ˈsnəʊˌdrɪft /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snowdrift1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; snow, drift

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Example Sentences

My favorite began with a grainy black and white shot of a large snowdrift.

The crude, rusting poles are piled side-by-side in a snowdrift of steel on the floor of the Hirshhorn.

Where the last remnants of the snowdrift lingered yesterday the plow breaks the sod to-day.

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

The publisher waded through a shrunken snowdrift to a side door of the building.

Snowdrift of the mountains, Spindrift of the sea, You shall keep your kingdoms; Joscelyn for me!

Snowdrift of the mountains, Spindrift of the sea, Let us part the treasure Of the world in three.

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