snow fort en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Meanings
-
(Canada, Northern-US) A walled structure constructed of snow and used for children's wintertime play.
Knowing the proper art of building a quin-zhee could have saved me and my friends from many snow fort cave-ins when young.
1990 February 1, Sue Lebrecht, “You need patience building snow fort”, in Toronto Star, page A23:2008, Laura Dolce, "Seeing snow through a child's life," seacoastonline.com (New Hampshire), 3 Jan., It wasn't a big lawn . . . but to us it was stadium-sized, with plenty of room for snow angels, snowball fights and the all-important snow forts.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snowfort | alternative | lexicographic | |
| snow forts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (1)
fi lumilinna (snow structure)