noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.
2. 2
   A domestic cat of a particular breed with a light body and darker ears, face, legs, and tail.
3. 3
   a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot wordnet
4. 4
   Synonym of mukluk

Verb

1. 1
   To travel using snowshoes. intransitive
2. 2
   travel on snowshoes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

muklukwebweb

Example

More examples

"The snowshoe hare changes color in winter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From snow + shoe.

Etymology 2

From snowshoe.

Related phrases

Snow Shoesnowshoe evilsnowshoe footsnowshoe hammersnowshoe haresnowshoe rabbitsnowshoe spamdomestic cat

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.