Definition of snowdrift
: a bank of drifted snow
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The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.
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At one point, amid a documentary sequence on the harsh conditions faced by prospectors, footage from Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) shows the Tramp hopping onto a snowdrift and sliding down a mountainside, the reality and the dream merging.
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Water penetrated deep into the soil of Western forests, and mammoth snowdrifts stacked up across the Sierra Nevadas.
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He was won over by Rhino President Mark Pinkus coming to visit the singer at his home in Lake Tahoe during the winter, braving massive snowdrifts and a three-hour drive from the airport to have lunch and seal the deal.
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Winter snowdrifts accumulate into massive glacier-looking faces of compact snow right to the water's edge, running on for miles or as far as our eyes could see.
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The storm dropped visibility to near zero and resulted in power outages and snowdrifts as high as 8 feet.
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The fashion tribe, too, bundles up against the bracing winds and gingerly navigates the snowdrifts and icy puddles that can often accompany the (ironically timed) spring/summer shows of New York Fashion Week each February.
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The Abruzzo region has been hit by severe winter weather in recent weeks, leading to snowdrifts 16-feet deep, heightening the risk of avalanches.
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First Known Use of snowdrift
14th century
SNOWDRIFT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of snowdrift for English Language Learners
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: a hill of snow that is formed by wind
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Definition of snowdrift for Students
: a bank of drifted snow
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