snowdrift
IPA: snˈoʊdrˈɪft
noun
- A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
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Examples of "snowdrift" in Sentences
- This suggests that the yeast are playing what game theorists call a snowdrift game.
- That evening it got stuck in a snowdrift on Dartmoor and rapidly became engulfed in snow.
- Laponie Ice Driving in Arjeplog, Sweden, a place that brings a whole new meaning to the term "snowdrift".
- I dug my way through a snowdrift to reach a tree, barely able to pull the last bit of rope up to clip myself to the anchor.
- "Why this radiant peak, a reflection of our highest and purest aspirations, should have been transformed into a dirty snowdrift is a mystery to this viewer."
- Mr. Paakkanen's designs for Avarte include a sleek, throne-like armchair called Nietos (which means "snowdrift"'in Finnish), made from laminated birch, and Taitos (which means "fold"), a series of stackable birch and plastic chairs with distinctive cut-diamond seats and backs.
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