Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pile or heap of snow.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bank or drift of snow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A heap of snow.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a mound or heap of snow

Etymologies

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snow +‎ bank

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Examples

  • The bin was pushed by plows into a large snowbank, which is where the baby was found.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2009

  • The bin was pushed by plows into a large snowbank, which is where the baby was found.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2009

  • Good friend of mine took the emergency stop option instead of crashing into the Dombas ski-lift queue, unfortunately, inside the snowbank was a several fence-posts and connecting strands of wire.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local commknightj 2010

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local commknightj 2010

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local < 2010

  • If you want to be skeptical, you'd wonder whether Hickenlooper hadn't had some kind of snowbank-side conversion.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local < 2010

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