snowbank

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English

Etymology

From snow +‎ bank.

Noun

snowbank (plural snowbanks)

  1. A heap of snow.
    • 1983 February 5, Andrea Loewenstein, “Snowbound”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 10:
      A huge snowbank collapsed on the telephone wire, effectvely cutting off all communications to the Outside World.
    Synonym: snowdrift

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