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snowbank

snowbank noun: a heap of snow.

Noun

snowbank (plural snowbanks)

  1. A heap of snow.
    • A huge snowbank collapsed on the telephone wire, effectvely cutting off all communications to the Outside World.1983 February 5, Andrea Loewenstein, “Snowbound”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 10
    Synonyms:
    snowdrift

Synonyms of snowbank

Forms of snowbank

pluralsnowbanks
alternative formsnow bank

Origin of snowbank

From snow + bank.

Words formed from snowbank

  • Snowbank Lake
  • Snowbank Trail

Questions about snowbank

What does snowbank mean?
Snowbank means a heap of snow.
What part of speech is snowbank?
Snowbank is a noun.
What is the plural of snowbank?
The plural of snowbank is snowbanks.

Words near snowbank in the dictionary

  1. snowballers
  2. snowballing
  3. snowballings
  4. snowballs
  5. snowballs in hell
  6. snowbank
  7. snowbanks
  8. snowbase
  9. snowbases
  10. snowbear
  11. snowbears

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