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: 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
Examples of snowshoe in a Sentence
Verb
We snowshoed through the woods.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
While there is no on-site fitness center, Inns of Aurora has gym equipment in a nearby building known as the Schoolhouse, along with all sorts of outdoor gear such as snowshoes, mud boots, and other items to borrow (or have delivered to your suite).
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
To get to the huts, visitors must ski, snowboard or snowshoe for miles.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
That’s because more of these people are often snowshoe hikers who normally avoid steep terrain.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
While there is no on-site fitness center, Inns of Aurora has gym equipment in a nearby building known as the Schoolhouse, along with all sorts of outdoor gear such as snowshoes, mud boots, and other items to borrow (or have delivered to your suite).
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
The area around the park is great for getting outdoors during the day, with mountain biking and trail running, kayaking along Lake Superior’s shoreline, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
—Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
To get to the huts, visitors must ski, snowboard or snowshoe for miles.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Snowshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowshoe. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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snowshoe
1 of 2 noun
snow·shoe
-ˌshü 
: a light frame (as of wood or aluminum) strung with a net that is attached to the foot to prevent sinking in soft snow
snowshoe
2 of 2 verb
snowshoed; snowshoeing
: to travel on snowshoes
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