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snowdrift en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/
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Etymology

From snow + drift.

Meanings

1. A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
   • In winter the line between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen was regularly blocked by snowdrifts; in 1947, for instance, it was closed for eight weeks and only three weeks before it was finally closed no trains were able to use it for three days because of thick snow. 1962 April, D. Bertram, “Trans-Pennine Diversion”, in Modern Railways, page 255:

Forms

Deriveds

snowdrift glacier · snowdrifted · snowdrift ice

Synonyms

snowbank

Translations (72)

pl zaspa (bank of snow) · cs sněhová závěj (bank of snow) · olo hangi (bank of snow) · ca pila de neu (bank of snow) · sv snödriva (bank of snow) · nb snøfonn (bank of snow) · is snjóskafli (bank of snow) · ba көрт (bank of snow) · kim һөртүк (bank of snow) · sk závej (bank of snow) · la cumulus nivis (bank of snow) · wa banc d' nive (bank of snow) · sva ნენქერ (bank of snow) · vo nifakum (bank of snow) · uk заме́т (bank of snow) · kk күртік (bank of snow) · bg преспа (bank of snow) · ga ráth sneachta (bank of snow) · hu hókupac (bank of snow) · ru сугро́б (bank of snow) · mk со́спа (bank of snow) · fi lumikinos (bank of snow) · xmf ლანქერი (bank of snow) · pt acúmulo de neve (bank of snow) · el χιονοστιβάδα (bank of snow) · eo neĝamaso (bank of snow) · de Schneewehe (bank of snow) · hu hótorlasz (bank of snow) · wa consire (bank of snow) · myv шушмо (bank of snow) · fi kinos (bank of snow) · nb snødrive (bank of snow) · kk омбы (bank of snow) · nl sneeuwdrift (bank of snow) · fi nietos (bank of snow) · hu hóbucka (bank of snow) · kl apusineq (bank of snow) · ca cúmul de neu (bank of snow) · io niv-amaso (bank of snow) · izh lumikulvehto (bank of snow) · cmn 雪堆 (bank of snow) · ro troian (bank of snow) · olo kivos (bank of snow) · da snefane (bank of snow) · nl sneeuwbank (bank of snow) · ro nămete (bank of snow) · et lumehang (bank of snow) · cy lluwchfa (bank of snow) · haw ʻapukāka (bank of snow) · fr congère (bank of snow) · mk пре́спа (bank of snow) · fo kavafonn (bank of snow) · kl aputip qingartagaa (bank of snow) · izh lumihanki (bank of snow) · pl zaspa śnieżna (bank of snow) · xmf ლენქერი (bank of snow) · sv snövall (bank of snow) · az kürtük (bank of snow) · it cumulo di neve (bank of snow) · nn snøfonn (bank of snow) · izh kulvehto (bank of snow) · da snedrive (bank of snow) · es cúmulo de nieve (bank of snow) · izh hanki (bank of snow) · fi lumivalli (bank of snow) · hu hófúvás (bank of snow) · wa sconsire (bank of snow) · nn snødrive (bank of snow) · nl sneeuwduin (bank of snow) · ka ნამქერი (bank of snow) · de Schneeverwehung (bank of snow) · ca congesta (bank of snow)