Snowmachine

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A machine that makes snow, such as a snowgun
  2. 2
    A vehicle that can travel through snow.
  3. 3
    A vehicle that can travel through snow.; A snowmobile.
  4. 4
    A machine that removes snow, such as a snowblower.
  5. 5
    A machine that grooms snow on ski runs and ski trails.
Verb
  1. 1
    To travel by snowmachine.

    "His big blue drill works, and we are headed outside, on the same day we have seen Lance Mackey eat breakfast in Nome, snowmachined seventy bumpy miles to Teller, met with the teacher in Teller, received permission to drill, found the big drill wasn't working, drilled a frost tube observatory in Teller with the smaller drill, spoke with Teller students, snowmachined a few more miles here, met with Brevig principal, got permission to drill in Brevig, and waited for Kenji's drill to heal."

Example

More examples

"His big blue drill works, and we are headed outside, on the same day we have seen Lance Mackey eat breakfast in Nome, snowmachined seventy bumpy miles to Teller, met with the teacher in Teller, received permission to drill, found the big drill wasn't working, drilled a frost tube observatory in Teller with the smaller drill, spoke with Teller students, snowmachined a few more miles here, met with Brevig principal, got permission to drill in Brevig, and waited for Kenji's drill to heal."

Etymology

From snow + machine.

Related phrases

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