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snowbank

noun

Definition of snowbanknext
as in snowdrift

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Recent Examples of snowbank Learning to balance your car in a moderate drift, dancing between terminal understeer (plowing into the snowbank nose-first) and extreme oversteer (spinning into the snowbank tail-first), is key. — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Feb. 2026 Women in hijabs pushing strollers through snowbanks reminded me of the strength and stubbornness of the women who raised me. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 Alfredo Alves, 23, was found unresponsive in a snowbank in the area of Battles and Cross Streets in Brockton early Monday morning. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026 Approaching his home, Aljorna lost control of the car due to ice on the roadway and hit a snowbank, Goetz said. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowbank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowbank
  1. snowdrift
  2. bank
Noun
  • Beignets, Bourbon Street and Beyond Start your day the way generations of visitors and locals have — with a plate of pillowy beignets buried under a snowdrift of powdered sugar and a cup of dark chicory coffee at Café Du Monde.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of snowdrift
Noun
  • Stablecoins followed the same arc, as wrapped claims on bank deposits, before the market matured enough to demand more sophisticated structures underneath.
    — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The indictment also alleges that the lender wired $13,961,750 into a MRC bank account in July 2022, which reportedly represented the amount of the loan after costs and fees.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowbank. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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