snow·plow
ˈsnō-ˌplau̇ 
1
: any of various devices used for clearing away snow
2
: a stemming with both skis used for coming to a stop, slowing down, or descending slowly
snowplowed; snowplowing; snowplows
: to execute a snowplow
snowplowed to a stop
Examples of snowplow in a Sentence
Verb
He snowplowed to a stop.
Recent Examples on the Web
Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Renner, who survived being crushed by a snowplow in 2023, then posted a video shot from a moving vehicle as a huge plume of smoke rose on the side of the road.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
John Benson, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
Some Massachusetts towns, for example, are offering up to $310 an hour to snowplow operators amid stiff competition for commercial drivers.
—al, 16 Nov. 2021
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Noun
Camp Century contained several dozen massive trenches, one more than a thousand feet long, all carved into the ice sheet by giant snowplows and then covered with metal arches and more snow.
—Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Renner, who survived being crushed by a snowplow in 2023, then posted a video shot from a moving vehicle as a huge plume of smoke rose on the side of the road.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
That’s why after ordering a new 10-ton 2022 Freightliner snowplow in 2021 the city is already moving ahead with an additional 2023 model.
—John Benson, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
Some Massachusetts towns, for example, are offering up to $310 an hour to snowplow operators amid stiff competition for commercial drivers.
—al, 16 Nov. 2021
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“Snowplow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowplow. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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