snowplow

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noun snow·plow \ˈsnō-ˌplau̇\

Definition of snowplow

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

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Recent Examples of snowplow from the Web

Clint Westergard, 59, was one of the luckier men, cozy in the heated cab of a snowplow equipped with tracks for use in subzero weather.

— dan levin, New York Times, "Ice Roads Ease Isolation in Canada’s North, but They’re Melting Too Soon," 19 Apr. 2017
As a result, in some places, the protests went on unmolested; in others, they were broken up roughly, as in Omsk, where authorities had snowplows drive out the crowd in the city’s central square.

— joshua yaffa, The New Yorker, "What the Russian Protests Mean for Putin," 27 Mar. 2017
A truck driver was killed Tuesday morning in central Minnesota when his vehicle rear-ended a snowplow.

— pioneer press, Twin Cities, "Truck driver killed after rear-ending MnDOT snowplow," 10 Jan. 2017
Residential snowplows will be deployed across Denver as a major winter storm gears up to pound the city Wednesday into Thursday.

— jesse paul, The Denver Post, "Denver will now send out residential plows when 6 inches of snow or more is forecast," 4 Jan. 2017
Officers struggled for more than four hours to disperse the crowd, at times deploying smoke and marking rounds in a standoff that stretched into early Sunday before snowplows cleared debris and the highway was reopened to traffic.

— mitch smith, New York Times, "Black Lives Matter Protests Worldwide," 10 July 2016
Runways offer plenty of space to run big snowplows.

— National Geographic, "No Shovel Needed: Special Concrete Could Melt Mounds of Snow," 26 Jan. 2016

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First Known Use of snowplow

1792

snowplow

verb snow·plow

Definition of snowplow

intransitive verb
: to execute a snowplow snowplowed to a stop

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Examples of snowplow in a Sentence

He snowplowed to a stop.

Recent Examples of snowplow from the Web

Already a few bike trails are snowplowed in winter to allow hardy residents with fat-tired bikes to get around.

— tony bizjak, sacbee, "Driving to Lake Tahoe? Planners hope you’ll take the bus instead.," 10 May 2017

First Known Use of snowplow

1904

SNOWPLOW Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of snowplow for English Language Learners

: a flat or curved piece of metal that is attached to the front of a vehicle and used for clearing snow from a road, driveway, etc.; also : a vehicle (such as a truck) that has a snowplow attached
: a position in skiing in which the front ends of the skis are moved together in order to stop, slow down, or turn