snowbank
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈsnoʊˌbæŋk/
- UK
:
banco de nieve
- The children built a fort in the snowbank after the big storm.
- hit a snowbank
- dive into a snowbank
- buried in a snowbank
OK, He had hit a snowbank first that totaled his car behind him.
- OK, He had hit a snowbank first that totaled his car behind him.
Examples
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Anna Thunder had carved out of a snowbank using an ax and a shovel.
Fiction book (1994) -
The morning mist hangs thick over a snowbank in the woods.
Fiction book (1994) -
"We're there," he said, using a snowbank for a brake.
Fiction book (2001) -
After I climbed out of the snowbank, they started laughing, and so did I.
Fiction book (1997) -
When I opened my door, it got stuck in a grey snowbank.
Fiction book (2002) -
Jack sits up in the snowbank where he has landed.
Fiction book (1993) -
Another doe just came sailing up over a snowbank in full leap.
Fiction book (1995) -
Don't worry, I'll let them know the kid's outside sleeping in a snowbank.
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Jerry crouched below the margin of the snowbank that bordered the road.
Fiction book (1992) -
A snowball catches Rita unaware; she slips and goes down in a snowbank.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.0
A raised slope of earth beside water or a road
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3.4
A deep pile of snow made by wind that can block roads
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1.9
A pile of snow made by wind or plows
A pile of snow that forms naturally or when people shovel
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Morphology
Etymology
The word snowbank is made of snow and bank, where bank means a raised pile or edge, like a river bank or a sandbank. So a snowbank is a 'pile of snow' that builds up beside roads or after storms.