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# snowbank

noun (a snowbank, snowbanks)

«snowbank» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A snowbank is a big pile or wall of snow, often made by wind or by snowploughs pushing snow to the side of a road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#m1)
2. It is a long mound of snow along a road, path or field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#m2)

### In the lessons

Common in snowy places such as Canada and the northern USA. In everyday life, cars get stuck in snowbanks and children climb them. Safety: do not dig tunnels or play in snowbanks near roads, because snowploughs may not see you and the snow can collapse.

### Examples

- The snowplough left a huge snowbank by our driveway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x1)
- The car slid into a snowbank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x2)
- We jumped off the snowbank into soft snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x3)
- Snowbanks lined both sides of the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x4)
- Don't build a fort in a snowbank next to the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x5)
- The dog disappeared into the snowbank and came out white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x6)
- After the blizzard the snowbanks were taller than me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun, one word: «a snowbank, snowbanks». A «snowdrift» is snow piled up by the wind; a snowbank is often made by people or ploughs. Snowbanks near roads are dangerous places to play.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «snowbank» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snowbank/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snowbank» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snowbank.html) on Mova free.