snowbank

noun

snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

Examples of snowbank in a Sentence

The car slid into a snowbank.
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We were buzzed, goofing around, pushing one another into snowbanks — oblivious gentrifiers on the home turf of seven friends out looking for a fight. Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025 One evening, O’Keefe was found dead in a snowbank outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts, after attending a party. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 June 2025 Over the next 10 weeks, Massachusetts state prosecutors and Read’s defense team presented two very different narratives of how O’Keefe ended up lying dead in a snowbank on the front lawn of Albert's home. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 19 June 2025 Her defense team argued Read’s friends on the force tried framing her after his bloody body was found in a snowbank outside the home of the retired officer hosting the party. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowbank

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowbank was in 1779

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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbank. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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snowbank

noun
snow·​bank ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk How to pronounce snowbank (audio)
: a mound or slope of snow

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