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snowdrifts

snowdrifts is the plural 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

Questions about snowdrifts

What is snowdrifts the plural of?
Snowdrifts is the plural of snowdrift.

Words near snowdrifts in the dictionary

  1. snowdrift glacier
  2. snowdrift glaciers
  3. snowdrift ice
  4. snowdrift ices
  5. snowdrifted
  6. snowdrifts
  7. snowdrop
  8. snowdrop windflower
  9. snowdrop windflowers
  10. snowdropped
  11. snowdropper

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