snowmaker

noun

snow·​mak·​er ˈsnō-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce snowmaker (audio)
: a device for making snow

Examples of snowmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This is all part of a broader atmospheric river that’s poised to help feed today’s rain and snowmaker, along with this weekend’s upcoming winter storm. Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2022 That premature snowmaker will be powerful enough to shuttle its plume of moisture all the way up to Hudson Bay. Matthew Cappucci, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019 Here, a snowmaker shows how to charge one of the pipelines with water at a slope-side valve station. New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020 New Hampshire’s Wildcat is offering a $1,000 bonus for new snowmakers to come on board, and Sunday River in Maine last year increased its hourly wage from $13 to $20 for that job. Lisa Rathke, The Know, 29 Oct. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowmaker was in 1954

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Cite this Entry

“Snowmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowmaker. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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