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snowshoe

/ˈsnoʊʃu/

snowshoe noun: a flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.

snowshoe: a flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
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Noun (1)

snowshoe (plural snowshoes)

  1. A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.
  2. Synonym of mukluk
    Synonyms:
    mukluk

Verb

snowshoe (third-person singular simple present snowshoes, present participle snowshoeing, simple past and past participle snowshoed)

  1. (intransitive) To travel using snowshoes.

Noun (2) capitalized: Snowshoe

Snowshoe (plural Snowshoes)

  1. A domestic cat of a particular breed with a light body and darker ears, face, legs, and tail.

snowshoe meaning in Tamil and Persian

snowshoe in Tamil

உறைபனி மூடணி

snowshoe in Persian

flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
پاچیله pâčile

Synonyms of snowshoe

Forms of snowshoe

Noun
pluralsnowshoes
alternative formsnow shoe
pluralSnowshoes
Verb
third-person singular presentsnowshoes
present participlesnowshoeing
past participlesnowshoed
pastsnowshoed

Origin of snowshoe

From snow + shoe.

From snowshoe.

Words formed from snowshoe

Phrases with snowshoe

Questions about snowshoe

What does snowshoe mean?
Snowshoe means a flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.
What is snowshoe in Tamil?
Snowshoe in Tamil is உறைபனி மூடணி. See Snowshoe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is snowshoe?
Snowshoe can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce snowshoe?
Snowshoe is pronounced /ˈsnoʊʃu/ (US).
What is the plural of snowshoe?
The plural of snowshoe is snowshoes.

Words near snowshoe in the dictionary

  1. snowscapes
  2. snowscoot
  3. snowscoots
  4. snowshed
  5. snowsheds
  6. snowshoe
  7. snowshoe evil
  8. snowshoe foot
  9. snowshoe hammer
  10. snowshoe hammers
  11. snowshoe hare

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: snowshoe (page history and authors); Snowshoe (page history and authors); snowshoe (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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