snowdrift C1 Topic:Weather & Climate US /ˈsnoʊˌdrɪft/ UK /ˈsnəʊdrɪft/ See IPA manual Freq #74118 Meanings 1 noun a mound or bank of snow piled up by the wind A deep snowdrift blocked the road beside the exposed ridge. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a mound or bank of snow... snowbankdrift Word family Forms snowdrifts Related forms snowblizzardwinddrifting Etymology A compound of snow + drift. Drift has long named material carried and heaped by wind or water, and snowdrift specializes that image for wind-deposited snow. Topics Weather & Climate External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # snowdrift **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsnoʊˌdrɪft/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsnəʊdrɪft/ **Frequency rank:** 74118 ## Meanings 1. a mound or bank of snow piled up by the wind ## Examples - A deep snowdrift blocked the road beside the exposed ridge. ## Synonyms - snowbank - drift ## Related Forms - snow - blizzard - wind - drifting ## Etymology A compound of snow + drift. Drift has long named material carried and heaped by wind or water, and snowdrift specializes that image for wind-deposited snow. ## Topics - Weather & Climate markdown