snowdrift
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See also: snow drift
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
snowdrift (plural snowdrifts)
- A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
- Synonym: snowbank
- 1962 April, D. Bertram, “Trans-Pennine Diversion”, in Modern Railways, page 255:
- In winter the line between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen was regularly blocked by snowdrifts; in 1947, for instance, it was closed for eight weeks and only three weeks before it was finally closed no trains were able to use it for three days because of thick snow.
Alternative forms
Hyponyms
- snow cornice
Derived terms
- snowdrift glacier
- snowdrift ice
Translations
bank of snow
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