snowbank

noun

snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

Examples of snowbank in a Sentence

The car slid into a snowbank.
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Over the next 10 weeks, Massachusetts state prosecutors and Read’s defense team presented two very different narratives of how O’Keefe ended up lying dead in a snowbank on the front lawn of Albert's home. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025 The jeep lies cocked sideways in the snowbank, like an empty turtle shell. Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025 The driver lost control and went off the roadway near milepost 101, where deputies caught up with the vehicle, lodged in the snowbank. Max Silverson, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025 The outdoor shots are amazing, too, from Kata’s routine of swimming laps outside in a pool surrounded by snow to aerial scenes of lonely country highways that cut through snowbanks like gray snakes. Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowbank

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowbank was in 1779

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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbank. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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snowbank

noun
snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

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