English Explanatory Dictionary

snowplow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.
  2. A blade-like pushing device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow.
  3. A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
verb
  1. To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow.
  2. To perform a snowplow in skiing.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

snowplow snowplows snow plow snowplough snow plough snowplowing snowplowed

Etymology

From snow + plow.

Related words

conga line snowblower

Derived words

snowplough model snowplow model snowplough turn snowplow turn snowplow parent snowplow parenting
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