noun

snowdrift

snowdrift

The car was stuck in a deep snowdrift.

The car was stuck in a deep snowdrift.

((a/the)) snowdrift a bank of snow heaped up by the wind The road was blocked by a large snowdrift.

snowbank, pile of snow

A compound of 'snow' and 'drift', meaning snow that has been drifted into a pile by the wind.

Think of snow that has 'drifted' on the wind to form a large pile or bank.

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