snowbank

noun

snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

Examples of snowbank in a Sentence

The car slid into a snowbank.
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The following day, Davis’ body was found on a snowbank in the vicinity of his home. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025 The Last of Us’ action scenes are effectively terrifying, and Season 2 delivers nightmarish visions like an army of clickers crawling out of a snowbank and hurtling down a hill at a full sprint, along with a full-on assault that rivals the scale of Game of Thrones’ most epic battles. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025 Some dirty snowbanks are all that remain behind the grain bin where Justin Sherlock is firing up an old tractor to dump feed into a truck. Kirk Siegler, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025 Over the next 10 weeks, Massachusetts state prosecutors and Read’s defense team presented two very different narratives of how O’Keefe ended up lying dead in a snowbank on the front lawn of Albert's home. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowbank

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowbank was in 1779

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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbank. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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snowbank

noun
snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

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