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A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
Hal Borland

Meaning of "snowdrift" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SNOWDRIFT

snowdrift  [ˈsnəʊˌdrɪft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNOWDRIFT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Snowdrift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SNOWDRIFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Snowdrift

A snowdrift is a deposit of snow sculpted by wind into a mound during a snowstorm. Snowdrifts resemble sand dunes and are formed in a similar manner, namely, by wind moving light snow and depositing it when the wind has virtually stopped, usually against a stationary object. Snow normally crests and slopes off toward the surface on the windward side of a large object. On the leeward side, areas near the object are a bit lower than surrounding areas, but are generally flatter. The impact of snowdrifts on transportation can be more significant than the snowfall itself, such as in the USA during the blizzard of 1977. Snowdrifts are many times found at or on roads, as the crest of the roadbed or the furrows along the road create the disruption to the wind needed to shed its carried snow. Snow fences may be employed on the windward side of the road to intentionally create a drift before the snow-laden wind reaches the road. Jeremy Triefenbach, one of the 19th century's great explorers, is reputed to have become trapped in a snowdrift; surviving solely on melted snow for 13 days. His version of the story can be found in his autobiography.

Definition of snowdrift in the English dictionary

The definition of snowdrift in the dictionary is a bank of deep snow driven together by the wind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SNOWDRIFT


adrift
əˈdrɪft
drift
drɪft
festschrift
ˈfɛstˌʃrɪft
grift
ɡrɪft
rift
rɪft
serifed
ˈsɛrɪft
seriffed
ˈsɛrɪft
shrift
ʃrɪft
spendthrift
ˈspɛndˌθrɪft
spindrift
ˈspɪnˌdrɪft
spoondrift
ˈspuːnˌdrɪft
stardrift
ˈstɑːˌdrɪft
strift
strɪft
thrift
θrɪft
unthrift
ʌnˈθrɪft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNOWDRIFT

snowboarding
snowbound
snowbrush
snowbush
snowcap
snowcapped
snowcat
snowclone
Snowdon
Snowdonia
snowdrop
snowdrop tree
snowed
snowed in
snowfall
snowfield
snowflake
snowflake baby
snowfleck
snowier

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNOWDRIFT

airlift
continental drift
day shift
deadlift
face-lift
forklift
free gift
lift
longshore drift
makeshift
night shift
North Atlantic Drift
paradigm shift
shift
short shrift
sift
swift
swing shift
uplift
wage drift

Synonyms and antonyms of snowdrift in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «snowdrift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNOWDRIFT

Find out the translation of snowdrift to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snowdrift from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snowdrift» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雪堆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ventisquero
570 millions of speakers

English

snowdrift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Snowdrift
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

snowdrift
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сугроб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monte de neve
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Snowdrift
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

congère de neige
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salji salji
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schneewehe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雪の吹きだまり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumpukan salju
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Snowdrift
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Snowdrift
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्नोवरीफ्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rüzgârla oluşan kar yığını
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cumulo di neve
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaspie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

замет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

troiene de zăpadă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χιονοστιβάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sneeu bank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snödriva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snøfonn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snowdrift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNOWDRIFT»

The term «snowdrift» is normally little used and occupies the 111.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNOWDRIFT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snowdrift

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2 QUOTES WITH «SNOWDRIFT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word snowdrift.
1
Hal Borland
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
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Danielle Trussoni
As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNOWDRIFT»

Discover the use of snowdrift in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snowdrift and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Snowdrift
Composed of the emails written as events unfolded, and infused with an Irish take on Canadiana, Snowdrift documents the joyous, impoverished and injury-ridden life of a ski-bum who'll do almost anything for fresh lines and explores just ...
Lisa McGonigle, 2011
2
100 Snowflakes to Crochet: Make Your Own Snowdrift---to Give ...
Presents step-by-step instructions on the techniques of crocheting a wide variety of snowflakes, offering information on the basics of crochet, stitches, and patterns.
Caitlin Sainio, 2012
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How God Used a Snowdrift
In the end God uses a snowdrift to protect them from the enemy. So how does He do that? Find out by reading the rest of the story and there are lots of other stories in this book too.
Joel R. Beeke, Diana M. Kleyn, Kleyn Daina, 2003
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Snow Engineering: Recent Advances: Proceedings of the third ...
Through interpretation of the wind flow field predicted through CFD, snowdrift prone areas around an existing building, that is raised above the snow surface, were identified. The wind flow field, generated by CFD, was subsequently used as ...
I. Izumi, T. Nakamura, R.L. Sack, 1997
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Canoeing North Into the Unknown: A Record of River Travel, ...
on Great Slave Lake but because of forest fires crossed to Snowdrift and flew out from there. [Morse, Freshwater Saga, p. 60] 1971 Camp Widjiwagan - see Thelon 1972 Rolf Esko - see Thelon 1972 Duke Watson, with A. Hovey, V. Josendal ...
Bruce W. Hodgins, Gwyneth Hoyle, 1997
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Snow Engineering V: Proceedings of the Fifth International ...
The following item can point out for snowdrift control by the result of the wind tunnel experiment using model snow. 1. Snow load by the snowdrift around the building should be considered about long span building and skyscraper. 2.
P. Bartelt, E. Adams, M. Christen, 2004
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Baking in America: Traditional and Contemporary Favorites ...
HEALTH CLAIM The fact that Snowdrift is pure vegetable oil and nothing else means that it has the highest possible food value. Snowdrift not only makes things good to eat but is itself a more nourishing food than almost anything else you eat.
Greg Patent, 2002
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The Body in the Snowdrift
Caterer Faith Fairchild has a bad feeling about her father-in-law's decision to celebrate his seventieth birthday with a family reunion ski week at the Pine Slopes resort in Vermont -- the Fairchilds' favorite getaway since Faith's husband, ...
Katherine Hall Page, 2009
9
Ten Rivers: Adventure Stories from the Arctic
Not quite the headwaters of the Snowdrift, the river the Dene once called “River Falling Down Mountain,” but close enough. The Snowdrift is no more than a trickle when it spills out of a treeless corner of Whitefish Lake. But then it rises quickly ...
Ed Struzik, 2005
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Glacier Science and Environmental Change
Snowdrift No drift 1 10 zsat H eig h t a b o v e s u r f a c e ( m ) 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 0.01 0.1 Relative humidity (%) Figure 33.1 Vertical profiles of relative humidity. Measured values represent half hourly averages. The line labelled ' Snowdrift' ...
Peter G. Knight, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNOWDRIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snowdrift is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snowdrift, The Lost Cat That Didn't Really Want To Be Found
These searches and reunions involved the same animal; a cat named Snowdrift. This clever little cat was technically lost, a lot, and I'm not so certain he ever ... «KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest, Mar 15»
2
Cliff the snowdrift: before and after
Remember Cliff the snow drift? Despite the storm Sunday and Monday he has shrunk a lot. Here are pictures from last Wednesday and this Wednesday. Take a ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
3
Watch a Train Dramatically Plow Through a Massive Snowdrift in …
Several parts of eastern Canada have been slammed with truly crazy amounts of snow — but not enough for the freight trains to stop running. In fact, these ... «TIME, Feb 15»
4
Snowdrift Helps Save House from Wildfire Near Kearney
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) -- A snowdrift that happened to be in a good spot helped deflect 10-foot flames from a wildfire that menaced a home about three miles ... «NBC Nebraska, Feb 15»
5
Canadian man triumphs over snowdrift in a single bound
Canadian man triumphs over snowdrift in a single bound. February 04, 2015: A Canadian man has been filmed jumping through a tiny gap in his front door to ... «9news.com.au, Feb 15»
6
Snowdrift Road blocked by truck and train accident
Snowdrift Road near Tilghman Street in Upper Macungie Township was blocked for about three hours Monday afternoon by an accident involving a train and a ... «WFMZ Allentown, Dec 14»
7
Amnesiac 'John Smith' found in snowdrift refuses to go home
He was found drugged and disorientated in a snowdrift in Norway in December, claiming to remember nothing of his past but sporting cuts, bruises and other ... «The Independent, Apr 14»
8
Norway police seek help to solve snowdrift man mystery
Police in Norway have released photos in a bid to identify a young man found in a snowdrift near Oslo in December, apparently suffering from amnesia. «BBC News, Apr 14»
9
WATCH: Grandparents transform snowdrift into luxurious igloo
Grandfather Wayne Larson spent eight hours turning a nearly six-foot snowdrift into the igloo, ABC News reported. In a video posted to YouTube, the grandson ... «WRTV Indianapolis, Feb 14»
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Snowdrift Transformed Into Luxurious Igloo
Snowdrift Transformed Into Luxurious Igloo. More. Illinois grandparents turned nearly six feet of snow into a snow fort, complete with fireplace. 3:00 | 02/12/14. «ABC News, Feb 14»

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