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snowplough

snowplough is the alternative form of snowplow.

Meaning of snowplow

Noun

snowplow (plural snowplows)

  1. (US) A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
  2. (US) A blade-like pushing device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow.
  3. (US) A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.

See all 5 meanings of snowplow

Forms of snowplough

Noun
pluralsnowploughs
alternative formsnow plough
Verb
third-person singular presentsnowploughs
present participlesnowploughing
past participlesnowploughed
pastsnowploughed

Origin of snowplough

From snow + plough.

Words formed from snowplough

Phrases with snowplough

Questions about snowplough

What is snowplough the alternative form of?
Snowplough is the alternative form of snowplow.

Words near snowplough in the dictionary

  1. snowpiles
  2. snowpit
  3. snowpits
  4. snowplane
  5. snowplanes
  6. snowplough
  7. snowplough parent
  8. snowplough parenting
  9. snowplough parents
  10. snowploughed
  11. snowploughing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: snowplough (page history and authors); snowplow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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