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snowmachine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From snow + machine.

Meanings

1. A machine that makes snow, such as a snowgun
2. A vehicle that can travel through snow.
3. A vehicle that can travel through snow. ▸ A snowmobile.
4. A machine that removes snow, such as a snowblower.
5. A machine that grooms snow on ski runs and ski trails.

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Deriveds

snowmachiner

Translations (8)

fi latukone (machine that grooms snow on ski runs and trails) · fi lumikone (machine that makes snow) · pl maszyna odśnieżająca (machine that removes snow) · pl maszyna odśnieżająca (machine that grooms snow on ski runs and trails) · pl skuter śnieżny (vehicle that can travel through snow) · pl motor śnieżny (vehicle that can travel through snow) · fi lumiajoneuvo (vehicle that can travel through snow) · pl wytwornica śniegu (machine that makes snow)

snowmachine en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From snow + machine.

Meanings

1. To travel by snowmachine.
   • His big blue drill works, and we are headed outside, on the same day we have seen Lance Mackey eat breakfast in Nome, snowmachined seventy bumpy miles to Teller, met with the teacher in Teller, received permission to drill, found the big drill wasn't working, drilled a frost tube observatory in Teller with the smaller drill, spoke with Teller students, snowmachined a few more miles here, met with Brevig principal, got permission to drill in Brevig, and waited for Kenji's drill to heal. 2011, Ned Rozell, Finding Mars, →ISBN, page 108:

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