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snow drift

snow drift is the alternative form of snowdrift.

Meaning of snowdrift

Noun

snowdrift (plural snowdrifts)

  1. A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
    • 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.1962 April, D. Bertram, “Trans-Pennine Diversion”, in Modern Railways, page 255
    Synonyms:
    snowbank

Forms of snow drift

pluralsnow drifts

Questions about snow drift

What is snow drift the alternative form of?
Snow drift is the alternative form of snowdrift.

Words near snow drift in the dictionary

  1. snow donut
  2. snow donuts
  3. snow doughnut
  4. snow doughnuts
  5. snow down
  6. snow drift
  7. snow drifts
  8. snow farming
  9. snow fence
  10. snow fences
  11. snow fencing

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