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snowdrift

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snowbank

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a mass of snow heaped up by the wind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drift

History

Etymology

From snow + drift.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: kürtük — bank of snow
  • Bashkir: көрт (kört) — bank of snow
  • Bulgarian: преспа (prespa) — bank of snow
  • Catalan: congesta — bank of snow
  • Catalan: pila de neu — bank of snow
  • Catalan: cúmul de neu — bank of snow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雪堆 (xuěduī) — bank of snow
  • Czech: sněhová závěj — bank of snow
  • Danish: snefane — bank of snow
  • Danish: snedrive — bank of snow
  • Dutch: sneeuwbank — bank of snow
  • Dutch: sneeuwduin — bank of snow
  • Dutch: sneeuwdrift — bank of snow
  • Erzya: шушмо (šušmo) — bank of snow
  • Esperanto: neĝamaso — bank of snow
  • Estonian: lumehang — bank of snow
  • Faroese: kavafonn — bank of snow
  • Finnish: nietos — bank of snow
  • Finnish: kinos — bank of snow
  • Finnish: lumikinos — bank of snow
  • Finnish: lumivalli — bank of snow
  • French: congère — bank of snow
  • Georgian: ნამქერი (namkeri) — bank of snow
  • German: Schneewehe — bank of snow
  • German: Schneeverwehung — bank of snow
  • Greek: χιονοστιβάδα (chionostiváda) — bank of snow
  • Greenlandic: apusineq — bank of snow
  • Greenlandic: aputip qingartagaa — bank of snow
  • Hawaiian: ʻapukāka — bank of snow
  • Hungarian: hófúvás — bank of snow
  • Hungarian: hókupac — bank of snow
  • Hungarian: hótorlasz — bank of snow
  • Hungarian: hóbucka — bank of snow
  • Icelandic: snjóskafli — bank of snow
  • Ido: niv-amaso — bank of snow
  • Ingrian: hanki — bank of snow
  • Ingrian: kulvehto — bank of snow
  • Ingrian: lumihanki — bank of snow
  • Ingrian: lumikulvehto — bank of snow
  • Irish: ráth sneachta — bank of snow
  • Italian: cumulo di neve — bank of snow
  • Livvi-Karelian: kivos — bank of snow
  • Livvi-Karelian: hangi — bank of snow
  • Kazakh: күртік (kürtık) — bank of snow
  • Kazakh: омбы (omby) — bank of snow
  • Latin: cumulus nivis — bank of snow
  • Macedonian: пре́спа (préspa) — bank of snow
  • Macedonian: со́спа (sóspa) — bank of snow
  • Mingrelian: ლანქერი (lankeri) — bank of snow
  • Mingrelian: ლენქერი (lenkeri) — bank of snow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snøfonn — bank of snow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snødrive — bank of snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snøfonn — bank of snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snødrive — bank of snow
  • Polish: zaspa — bank of snow
  • Polish: zaspa śnieżna — bank of snow
  • Portuguese: acúmulo de neve — bank of snow
  • Romanian: troian — bank of snow
  • Romanian: nămete — bank of snow
  • Russian: сугро́б (sugrób) — bank of snow
  • Slovak: závej — bank of snow
  • Spanish: cúmulo de nieve — bank of snow
  • Svan: ნენქერ (nenker) — bank of snow
  • Swedish: snödriva — bank of snow
  • Swedish: snövall — bank of snow
  • Tofa: һөртүк — bank of snow
  • Ukrainian: заме́т (zamét) — bank of snow
  • Volapük: nifakum — bank of snow
  • Walloon: consire — bank of snow
  • Walloon: sconsire — bank of snow
  • Walloon: banc d' nive — bank of snow
  • Welsh: lluwchfa — bank of snow
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