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snowplow

snowplow noun: a motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.

snowplow: a motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots
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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.

Verb

snowplow (third-person singular simple present snowplows, present participle snowplowing, simple past and past participle snowplowed)

  1. (US, transitive) To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow.
  2. (US, intransitive) To perform a snowplow in skiing.

snowplow meaning in Arabic

snowplow in Arabic

vehicle
كَاسِحَةُ ثُلُوج kāsiḥatu ṯulūj

Forms of snowplow

Noun
pluralsnowplows
alternative formsnow plow
alternative formsnowplough
alternative formsnow plough
Verb
third-person singular presentsnowplows
present participlesnowplowing
past participlesnowplowed
pastsnowplowed

Origin of snowplow

From snow + plow.

Words formed from snowplow

Phrases with snowplow

Questions about snowplow

What does snowplow mean?
Snowplow means a motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
What is snowplow in Arabic?
Snowplow in Arabic is كَاسِحَةُ ثُلُوج (kāsiḥatu ṯulūj). See Snowplow meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is snowplow?
Snowplow can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of snowplow?
The plural of snowplow is snowplows.

Words near snowplow in the dictionary

  1. snowplough parenting
  2. snowplough parents
  3. snowploughed
  4. snowploughing
  5. snowploughs
  6. snowplow
  7. snowplow parent
  8. snowplow parenting
  9. snowplow parents
  10. snowplowed
  11. snowplowing

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