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Definition of snowshoe
: a usually lightweight platform for the foot that is designed to enable a person to walk on soft snow without sinking and that typically consists of an oblong frame crossed with leather thongs or synthetic material
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Recent Examples of snowshoe from the Web
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Climbers are warned to travel while roped to companions and to use snowshoes or skis to distribute their weight, which can prevent breaking through a thin layer of snow over a crack.
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Searchers noted that snowshoe tracks led away from the snowmobile.
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They were followed by snowshoe hares, which also browse on shrubs.
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Officers seized 17 fox, two fisher, five snowshoe hares and one deer illegally trapped on the trap lines, according to the complaint.
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Additional notes: Patterson, the park spokeswoman, said the area requires traction devices but doesn’t normally require floatation devices (i.e. snowshoes) unless a hiker goes higher than the lake.
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The snowshoes can be rented at Nordic centers and at retailers, like REI.
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Early rescue efforts were slow, with the first workers reaching the hotel on Thursday only after traveling more than five miles on skis and snowshoes.
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This is the kind of Dirty Dancing by way of Italian ski lodge that has its very own social director, an affable, grinning Chilean who’ll toss a few bottles of wine in his backpack on a snowshoe excursion.
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Illustration of snowshoe
First Known Use of snowshoe
1666
snowshoe
Definition of snowshoe
snowshoed
;snowshoeing
intransitive verb
: to travel on snowshoes
Examples of snowshoe in a Sentence
We snowshoed through the woods.
First Known Use of snowshoe
1880
SNOWSHOE Defined for English Language Learners
snowshoe
playDefinition of snowshoe for English Language Learners
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: a light, wide frame that is attached to your shoe to make it easier to walk on soft snow without sinking
snowshoe
Definition of snowshoe for English Language Learners
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: to walk with snowshoes
SNOWSHOE Defined for Kids
Definition of snowshoe for Students
: a light wide frame (as of wood or aluminum) that is worn under a shoe to prevent sinking into soft snow
Definition of snowshoe for Students
snowshoed
;snowshoeing
: to walk with snowshoes
Learn More about snowshoe
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See words that rhyme with snowshoe Spanish Central: Translation of snowshoe Nglish: Translation of snowshoe for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about snowshoe
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