snowbank

noun

snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

Examples of snowbank in a Sentence

The car slid into a snowbank.
Recent Examples on the Web The driver crashed into a snowbank trying to avoid the boys, who were pinned beneath the pickup truck, troopers said. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024 Last month, a video of a Russian influencer tossing his 2-month-old baby in a snowbank in an apparent stunt received thousands of comments, the majority of them negative, and led to a criminal investigation. Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024 Follow the professional instructor’s directions (re-read that line), and even the most erroneous application of throttle, brake, or steering will result in nothing more than a gentle kiss into a powdery snowbank. Michael Harley, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 Investigators at the crime scene after Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer's body was discovered on the side of a snowbank on Hoosier Pass, about 10 miles outside of Breckenridge, where she was last seen. CBS News, 19 Nov. 2022 The outdoor shots are amazing, too, from Kata’s routine of swimming laps outside in a pool surrounded by snow to aerial scenes of lonely country highways that cut through snowbanks like gray snakes. Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024 These bugs can survive below-zero temperatures and can often be found on snowbanks. John Myers, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024 Frosty the Snowman and his wife live in an icicle built for two in the Snow Belt on the snowbanks of Lake Snowbegone. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023 Baker was able to get out of the snowbank and head to a gas station and refuel before finding another path on the main road. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowbank was in 1779

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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbank. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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snowbank

noun
snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

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