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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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Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
On a lighter note, the snow gave some who had harbored snowshoes or skis at home the opportunity to put them to use.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Summer is for hiking, mountain biking, scenic lifts, and one of the nation’s steepest zip line courses, while winter offers one of the longest ski seasons with trails for every level, plus snowboarding, tubing, and snowshoeing.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
After our dinner at the Italian restaurant, Moscatiello drove me to a Balance Project meeting, which was held in the pool house of a luxurious home, decorated with snowshoes and taxidermy.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
On a lighter note, the snow gave some who had harbored snowshoes or skis at home the opportunity to put them to use.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Verb
Make a day of your Rigi visit and try snowshoeing there.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Summer is for hiking, mountain biking, scenic lifts, and one of the nation’s steepest zip line courses, while winter offers one of the longest ski seasons with trails for every level, plus snowboarding, tubing, and snowshoeing.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Snowshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowshoe. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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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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