SNOWDRIFT

Snowdrift

A snowdrift is a deposit of snow sculpted by wind into a mound during a snowstorm. Snowdrifts resemble sand dunes and are formed in a similar manner, namely, by wind moving light snow and depositing it when the wind has virtually stopped, usually against a stationary object. Snow normally crests and slopes off toward the surface on the windward side of a large object. On the leeward side, areas near the object are a bit lower than surrounding areas, but are generally flatter.

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snow drift

Noun

  1. An accumulation of snow caused by wind currents, typically much deeper and higher than the depth of snow that fell directly.
    We had two feet of snow fall, two days ago, but when I drove off the road about five hundred yards into the forest (thinking I was still on the road) I lost my car in a twelve foot deep snow drift. When I returned two days later it was under another eighteen feet of snow...the tow-truck's fifty foot winch cable couldn't get it out of the snow drift until spring.


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snowdrift

Noun

  1. A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.


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