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Definition of "snowslide" [snowslide]

  • An avalanche of snow. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "snowslide" in a sentence
  • "J. O. Wilder, a young surveyor,* wrote, There was one large snowslide at Camp 4, where there were two gangs of Chinese for Tunnels 11 and 12, also a gang of culvert men."
  • "Back near Cisco, a snowslide knocked out a trestle bridge and caused a blockade."
  • "It was no bluff; the creature could set off a snowslide in a moment."
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