Meanings
nounsnowplow (plural snowplows)
plural snowplows · alternative snow plow · alternative snowplough · alternative snow plough
verbsnowplow (third-person singular simple present snowplows, present participle snowplowing, simple past and past participle snowplowed)
present singular third person snowplows · participle present snowplowing · participle past snowplowed · past snowplowed · alternative snow plow · alternative snowplough · alternative snow plough
- UStransitiveTo clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow.
- USintransitiveTo perform a snowplow in skiing.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كَاسِحَةُ ثُلُوج
- كَاسِحَةُ ثُلُوج (kāsiḥatu ṯulūj)vehicle
Bulgarian снегори́н, ра́ло
- снегори́н (snegorín)vehicle
- ра́ло (rálo)in skiing or skating
Catalan llevaneu, llevaneu
- llevaneuvehicle
- llevaneudevice
- anglein skiing or skating
- cunyain skiing or skating
- fer angleintransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
Chinese Mandarin 掃雪車 /扫雪车, 掃雪機 /扫雪机
- 掃雪車 /扫雪车 (sǎoxuěchē)vehicle
- 掃雪機 /扫雪机 (sǎoxuějī)vehicle
- 掃雪機 /扫雪机 (sǎoxuějī)device
Czech sněžný pluh
- sněžný pluhvehicle
Danish sneplov, sneplov
- sneplovvehicle
- sneplovdevice
Dutch sneeuwruimer, sneeuwploeg
- sneeuwruimervehicle
- sneeuwploegvehicle
- sneeuwruimerdevice
- sneeuwploegdevice
- sneeuwruimentransitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
Esperanto neĝoplugilo, neĝoplugilo
- neĝoplugilovehicle
- neĝoplugilodevice
Finnish lumiaura, aura-auto
- lumiauravehicle
- aura-autovehicle
- lumiauradevice
- auradevice
- aurausin skiing or skating
- auratatransitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
- aurataintransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
French chasse-neige, charrue
- chasse-neigevehicle
- charruevehicle
- déneigeusevehicle
- chasse-neigein skiing or skating
German Schneepflug, Stemmbogen
- Schneepflugvehicle
- Stemmbogenin skiing or skating
- Pizzastückin skiing or skating
Greek εκχιονιστήρας, εκχιονιστήρας
- εκχιονιστήρας (ekchionistíras)vehicle
- εκχιονιστήρας (ekchionistíras)device
- εκχιονίζω (ekchionízo)transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
Hebrew מפלסת שלג
- מפלסת שלג (mefaleset sheleg)vehicle
Hungarian hóeke
- hóekevehicle
Irish céachta sneachta
- céachta sneachtavehicle
Italian spartineve
- spartinevevehicle
Japanese 除雪車, スノープラウ
- 除雪車 (josetsusha)vehicle
- スノープラウ (sunō purau)vehicle
- 除雪機 (josetsuki)device
Korean 제설차, 제설기
- 제설차 (jeseolcha)vehicle
- 제설기 (jeseolgi)device
Latvian sniega arkls, sniega arkls
- sniega arklsvehicle
- sniega arklsdevice
Polish odśnieżarka, pług śnieżny
- odśnieżarkavehicle
- pług śnieżnyvehicle
- odśnieżarkadevice
- pług śnieżnydevice
- pługin skiing or skating
- odśnieżać pługiem śnieżnymtransitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
- odśnieżyć pługiem śnieżnymtransitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
- robić pługintransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
- zrobić pługintransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
Portuguese limpa-neve
- limpa-nevevehicle
Romanian plug de zăpadă, plug de zăpadă
- plug de zăpadăvehicle
- plug de zăpadădevice
- deszăpezitransitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
Russian снегоочисти́тель, снегоубо́рочная маши́на
- снегоочисти́тель (snegoočistítelʹ)vehicle
- снегоубо́рочная маши́на (snegoubóročnaja mašína)vehicle
- плу́жный снегоочисти́тель (plúžnyj snegoočistítelʹ)vehicle
- снегоочисти́тель (snegoočistítelʹ)device
- плуг (plug)in skiing or skating
Slovak snežný pluh
- snežný pluhvehicle
Spanish quitanieves, cuña
- quitanievesvehicle
- cuñain skiing or skating
Swedish snöplog, plogbil
- snöplogvehicle
- plogbilvehicle
- plogdevice
- snöplogdevice
- plogatransitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow
- plogaintransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing
Ukrainian снігоочи́сник
- снігоочи́сник (snihoočýsnyk)device
Welsh aradr eira
- aradr eiravehicle
Cite this entry
APA
snowplow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowplow
MLA
“snowplow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowplow. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowplow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowplow.
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