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snowdrift


snow·drift

noun \ˈsnō-ˌdrift\

Definition of SNOWDRIFT

: a bank of drifted snow
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Examples of SNOWDRIFT

  1. The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.

First Known Use of SNOWDRIFT

14th century

Rhymes with SNOWDRIFT

adrift, airlift, blueshift, chairlift, dead lift, downshift, face-lift, forklift, frameshift, gearshift, makeshift, redshift, sealift, shape-shift, shoplift, short shrift, ski lift, spendthrift, spindrift, split shift, stick shift, swing shift, uplift, upshift

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