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snowhook

snowhook noun: a hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.

Noun

snowhook (plural snowhooks)

  1. A hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.
    • Leaving the ship, I lifted snowhooks and sledded over toward the Canadian border.2013, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska
    • A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News

Forms of snowhook

pluralsnowhooks

Origin of snowhook

From snow + hook.

Questions about snowhook

What does snowhook mean?
Snowhook means a hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.
What part of speech is snowhook?
Snowhook is a noun.
What is the plural of snowhook?
The plural of snowhook is snowhooks.

Words near snowhook in the dictionary

  1. snowgroomers
  2. snowgun
  3. snowguns
  4. snowhole
  5. snowholes
  6. snowhook
  7. snowhooks
  8. snowhorse
  9. snowhorses
  10. snowhouse
  11. snowhouses

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