snowshoe

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US/ˈsnoʊʃu/

noun

A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.

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Meanings

snowshoe1

nounsnowshoe (plural snowshoes)

plural snowshoes · alternative snow shoe

  1. A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.
  2. Synonym of mukluk

    Synonyms: mukluk

verbsnowshoe (third-person singular simple present snowshoes, present participle snowshoeing, simple past and past participle snowshoed)

present singular third person snowshoes · participle present snowshoeing · participle past snowshoed · past snowshoed · alternative snow shoe

  1. intransitiveTo travel using snowshoes.

Snowshoe2

nounSnowshoe (plural Snowshoes)

plural Snowshoes

  1. A domestic cat of a particular breed with a light body and darker ears, face, legs, and tail.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of mukluk

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Origin

snowshoe · noun, verb

From snow + shoe.

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Snowshoe · noun

From snowshoe.

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Translations

Basque elur-erraketa
  • elur-erraketaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Bulgarian снегохо́дка
  • снегохо́дка (snegohódka)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Catalan raqueta
  • raquetaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Chinese Mandarin 雪鞋
  • 雪鞋 (xuěxié)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Czech sněžnice
  • sněžniceflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Danish snesko
  • sneskoflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Dutch sneeuwschoen
  • sneeuwschoenflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Esperanto rakedo
  • rakedoflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Estonian rääts
  • räätsflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Finnish lumikenkä
  • lumikenkäflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
French raquette à neige
  • raquette à neigeflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
German Schneeschuh
  • Schneeschuhflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Greek χιονοπέδιλο
  • χιονοπέδιλο (chionopédilo)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Hungarian hótalp
  • hótalpflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Irish bróg shneachta
  • bróg shneachtaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Italian racchetta da neve, ciaspola
  • racchetta da neveflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
  • ciaspolaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Japanese かんじき, スノーシュー
  • かんじき (kanjiki)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
  • スノーシュー (sunōshū)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Korean 눈신, 설피
  • 눈신 (nunsin)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
  • 설피 (seolpi)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Persian پاچیله
  • پاچیله (pâčile)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Polish rakieta śnieżna
  • rakieta śnieżnaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Portuguese raquete
  • raqueteflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Russian снегосту́п
  • снегосту́п (snegostúp)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Slovak snežnica
  • snežnicaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Spanish raqueta
  • raquetaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Swedish snösko, tryga
  • snöskoflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
  • trygaflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Turkish kar ayakkabısı, leken
  • kar ayakkabısıflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
  • lekenflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Ukrainian снігосту́п
  • снігосту́п (snihostúp)flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Welsh esgid eira
  • esgid eiraflat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow
Cite this entry
APA

snowshoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowshoe

MLA

“snowshoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowshoe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowshoe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowshoe.

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