Meanings
plural snowdrifts · alternative snow drift
- A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
In winter the line between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen was regularly blocked by snowdrifts; in 1947, for instance, it was closed for eight weeks and only three weeks before it was finally closed no trains were able to use it for three days because of thick snow.
1962 April, D. Bertram, “Trans-Pennine Diversion”, in Modern Railways, page 255Synonyms: snowbank
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian преспа
- преспа (prespa)bank of snow
Catalan congesta, pila de neu
- congestabank of snow
- pila de neubank of snow
- cúmul de neubank of snow
Chinese Mandarin 雪堆
- 雪堆 (xuěduī)bank of snow
Czech sněhová závěj
- sněhová závějbank of snow
Danish snefane, snedrive
- snefanebank of snow
- snedrivebank of snow
Dutch sneeuwbank, sneeuwduin
- sneeuwbankbank of snow
- sneeuwduinbank of snow
- sneeuwdriftbank of snow
Esperanto neĝamaso
- neĝamasobank of snow
Estonian lumehang
- lumehangbank of snow
Finnish nietos, kinos
- nietosbank of snow
- kinosbank of snow
- lumikinosbank of snow
- lumivallibank of snow
French congère
- congèrebank of snow
German Schneewehe, Schneeverwehung
- Schneewehebank of snow
- Schneeverwehungbank of snow
Greek χιονοστιβάδα
- χιονοστιβάδα (chionostiváda)bank of snow
Hawaiian ʻapukāka
- ʻapukākabank of snow
Hungarian hófúvás, hókupac
- hófúvásbank of snow
- hókupacbank of snow
- hótorlaszbank of snow
- hóbuckabank of snow
Icelandic snjóskafli
- snjóskaflibank of snow
Irish ráth sneachta
- ráth sneachtabank of snow
Italian cumulo di neve
- cumulo di nevebank of snow
Latin cumulus nivis
- cumulus nivisbank of snow
Norwegian Bokmål snøfonn, snødrive
- snøfonnbank of snow
- snødrivebank of snow
Polish zaspa, zaspa śnieżna
- zaspabank of snow
- zaspa śnieżnabank of snow
Portuguese acúmulo de neve
- acúmulo de nevebank of snow
Romanian troian, nămete
- troianbank of snow
- nămetebank of snow
Russian сугро́б
- сугро́б (sugrób)bank of snow
Slovak závej
- závejbank of snow
Spanish cúmulo de nieve
- cúmulo de nievebank of snow
Swedish snödriva, snövall
- snödrivabank of snow
- snövallbank of snow
Ukrainian заме́т
- заме́т (zamét)bank of snow
Welsh lluwchfa
- lluwchfabank of snow
Cite this entry
snowdrift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowdrift
“snowdrift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowdrift. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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