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snowdrift

[snoh-drift] / ˈsnoʊˌdrɪft /


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Hours later, Syta got a frantic call from her mother after she’d been trapped in a snowdrift for several hours.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022

Use safeguards and properly ventilate when using heat from a fireplace, space heater or wood stove and make sure gas furnaces are not blocked by a snowdrift.

From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2021

The brittle, dry cookies absorb the moisture of the cream, softening into cake, while the whipped cream stiffens up into a plush snowdrift of frosting that’s just barely firm enough to slice.

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

Unable to make a dent in the rocky, frozen ground, Bjorge dug his foxhole in a snowdrift.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2020

They entered the great hall on a rug as soft as a snowdrift and they stood shyly waiting.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster


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