noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots. US
2. 2
   a vehicle used to push snow from roads wordnet
3. 3
   A blade-like pushing device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow. US
4. 4
   A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards. US

Verb

1. 1
   To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow. US, transitive
2. 2
   To perform a snowplow in skiing. US, intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

machinerysnowplough

Example

More examples

"A snowplow tried to keep the highway near Oslo free of snow on Thursday morning."

Etymology

From snow + plow.

Related phrases

snowplough modelsnowplough turnsnowplow modelsnowplow parentsnowplow parentingsnowplow turn

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