Snowdrift
['snəʊdrɪft] or ['snodrɪft]
Definition
(n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Edited by Joanne
Examples
- It is enormous, papa; it can never be got over; it is as large as you in your greatcoat, and the snowdrift on the top. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, no, mother,' replied Wardle; 'he says there's a snowdrift, and a wind that's piercing cold. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And, like that snowdrift, capable of melting? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Waldo