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snowplow

noun · verb · 6 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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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A blade-like pushing device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skating, skiing, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To perform a snowplow in skiing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a vehicle used to push snow from roads

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snowplough

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: motor vehicle, automotive vehicle

History

Etymology

From snow + plow.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَاسِحَةُ ثُلُوج (kāsiḥatu ṯulūj) — vehicle
  • Bulgarian: снегори́н (snegorín) — vehicle
  • Catalan: llevaneu — vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掃雪車 /扫雪车 (sǎoxuěchē) — vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掃雪機 /扫雪机 (sǎoxuějī) — vehicle
  • Czech: sněžný pluh — vehicle
  • Danish: sneplov — vehicle
  • Dutch: sneeuwruimer — vehicle
  • Dutch: sneeuwploeg — vehicle
  • Esperanto: neĝoplugilo — vehicle
  • Finnish: lumiaura — vehicle
  • Finnish: aura-auto — vehicle
  • French: chasse-neige — vehicle
  • French: charrue — vehicle
  • French: déneigeuse — vehicle
  • Georgian: თოვლსაწმენდი (tovlsac̣mendi) — vehicle
  • German: Schneepflug — vehicle
  • Greek: εκχιονιστήρας (ekchionistíras) — vehicle
  • Hebrew: מפלסת שלג (mefaleset sheleg) — vehicle
  • Hungarian: hóeke — vehicle
  • Irish: céachta sneachta — vehicle
  • Italian: spartineve — vehicle
  • Japanese: 除雪車 (josetsusha) — vehicle
  • Japanese: スノープラウ (sunō purau) — vehicle
  • Korean: 제설차 (jeseolcha) — vehicle
  • Latvian: sniega arkls — vehicle
  • Luxembourgish: Schnéiplou — vehicle
  • Polish: odśnieżarka — vehicle
  • Polish: pług śnieżny — vehicle
  • Portuguese: limpa-neve — vehicle
  • Romanian: plug de zăpadă — vehicle
  • Russian: снегоочисти́тель (snegoočistítelʹ) — vehicle
  • Russian: снегоубо́рочная маши́на (snegoubóročnaja mašína) — vehicle
  • Russian: плу́жный снегоочисти́тель (plúžnyj snegoočistítelʹ) — vehicle
  • Slovak: snežný pluh — vehicle
  • Slovene: snežni plug — vehicle
  • Spanish: quitanieves — vehicle
  • Swedish: snöplog — vehicle
  • Swedish: plogbil — vehicle
  • Welsh: aradr eira — vehicle
  • Yakut: хаар ыраастыыр (qaar ïraastïïr) — vehicle
  • Catalan: llevaneu — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掃雪機 /扫雪机 (sǎoxuějī) — device
  • Danish: sneplov — device
  • Dutch: sneeuwruimer — device
  • Dutch: sneeuwploeg — device
  • Esperanto: neĝoplugilo — device
  • Finnish: lumiaura — device
  • Finnish: aura — device
  • Greek: εκχιονιστήρας (ekchionistíras) — device
  • Japanese: 除雪機 (josetsuki) — device
  • Korean: 제설기 (jeseolgi) — device
  • Latvian: sniega arkls — device
  • Polish: odśnieżarka — device
  • Polish: pług śnieżny — device
  • Romanian: plug de zăpadă — device
  • Russian: снегоочисти́тель (snegoočistítelʹ) — device
  • Swedish: plog — device
  • Swedish: snöplog — device
  • Ukrainian: снігоочи́сник (snihoočýsnyk) — device
  • Yakut: хаар ыраастыыр (qaar ïraastïïr) — device
  • Bulgarian: ра́ло (rálo) — in skiing or skating
  • Catalan: angle — in skiing or skating
  • Catalan: cunya — in skiing or skating
  • Finnish: auraus — in skiing or skating
  • French: chasse-neige — in skiing or skating
  • German: Stemmbogen — in skiing or skating
  • German: Pizzastück — in skiing or skating
  • Polish: pług — in skiing or skating
  • Russian: плуг (plug) — in skiing or skating
  • Spanish: cuña — in skiing or skating
  • Dutch: sneeuwruimen — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Finnish: aurata — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Greek: εκχιονίζω (ekchionízo) — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Polish: odśnieżać pługiem śnieżnym — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Polish: odśnieżyć pługiem śnieżnym — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Romanian: deszăpezi — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Swedish: ploga — transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
  • Catalan: fer angle — intransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
  • Finnish: aurata — intransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
  • Polish: robić pług — intransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
  • Polish: zrobić pług — intransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
  • Swedish: ploga — intransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
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