snowmobile
noun
snow·mo·bile
ˈsnō-mō-ˌbēl 
: any of various automotive vehicles for travel on snow
specifically
: an open vehicle for usually one or two persons with steerable skis on the front and an endless belt at the rear
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The latter is accessible only via over-snow transportation, such as a snowmobile or snowcoach.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
Each January, when the quota resets, hunters hitch speedboats to their snowmobiles and drive to the ice edge near Cape Tobin.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Registered a boat, ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycle or snowmobile.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Cross by snowmobile to Grand Island for the area’s tallest ice (up to 200 feet).
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
Each January, when the quota resets, hunters hitch speedboats to their snowmobiles and drive to the ice edge near Cape Tobin.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Registered a boat, ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycle or snowmobile.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Cross by snowmobile to Grand Island for the area’s tallest ice (up to 200 feet).
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Snowmobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowmobile. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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snowmobile
noun
snow·mo·bile
ˈsnō-mō-ˌbēl
: any of various motor vehicles for travel on snow
snowmobiler
noun
-ˌbē-lər
snowmobiling
noun
-ˌbē-liŋ
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