snow blower

noun
a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
Also, snow·blow·er [snoh-bloh-er] .
Also called snow thrower.


Origin:
1945–50

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snowblower (ˈsnəʊˌbləʊə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a snow-clearing machine that sucks in snow and blows it away to one side

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Example sentences
The snow-clearing crew consists of three crew members and a snowblower, bulldozer and excavator.
Because of the heavy winds there was huge drifts on my sidewalks that rose almost a foot above my snowblower.
Harold turns around, grins, and shuts off the snowblower.
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