snow plough

A form of snowplow — A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.

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Meanings

nounsnow plough (plural snow ploughs)

plural snow ploughs

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of snowplow.

    Snow ploughs tested, but hopefully won't be needed

    2023 March 8, “Network News: News in pictures”, in RAIL, number 978, page 28, photo caption
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    Although the [snow] fences afforded a large measure of protection, deep drifts, calling for the use of snow ploughs, were of common occurrence.

    1955 December, H. A. Vallance, “The Highland Centenary—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 859
verbsnow plough (third-person singular simple present snow ploughs, present participle snow ploughing, simple past and past participle snow ploughed)

present singular third person snow ploughs · participle present snow ploughing · participle past snow ploughed · past snow ploughed

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of snowplow.
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APA

snow plough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20plough

MLA

“snow plough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20plough. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snow plough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20plough.

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