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Definition: Snowplow |
SnowplowNoun1. A vehicle used to push snow from roads. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "snowplow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references) |
Synonym: SnowplowSynonym: snowplough (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: snowplough (transportation). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Hammer; (impulse); edge tool; (cut); borer; vice, teeth; (hold); nail, rope; (join); peg; (hang); support; spoon; (vehicle); arms; oar; (navigation); cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rotary Snowplow in Action (1899) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Locomotive with snowplow of narrow gauge railroad, Telluride, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Clearing road with snowplow which got stuck near Berlin, New Hampshire. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Dirty Snow" by Curtis Calhoun Commentary: "This is a close-up of a pile of snow after a snowplow pushed it from the roadway. I always thought the picture was very abstract and had interesting texture." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
Expression using "snowplow": snowplow turn. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
snowplow | 32 |
snowplow part | 6 |
western snowplow | 5 |
atv snowplow | 5 |
boss snowplow | 4 |
meyers snowplow | 3 |
meyer snowplow | 3 |
snowplow accessory | 2 |
meyer snowplow part | 2 |
western snowplow part | 2 |
fisher snowplow | 2 |
snowplow tractor | 2 |
blade snowplow | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "snowplow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 除雪机. (various references) | |
Farsi | برف روب . (various references) | |
German | Schneepflug (snow plough, snowplough). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפלסת, דחפור שלג. (various references) | |
Italian | spazzaneve (snow plough, snowplough). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | プリント配線 (heartbeat, Pluto, plutonium, printed wiring, proof, pull, pull tab, pull-down, pullover, pulse). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | プルークボーゲン . (various references) | |
Korean | 제설기. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owplowsnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | removedor de gelo, limpa neves. (various references) | |
Russian | снегоочиститель (pilot, plough, plow, snowplough, snow-plough). (various references) | |
Spanish | quitanieves (snowplough). (various references) | |
Turkish | kayakla kar sıçratma (snowplough), kar temizleme aracı (snowplough). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | снігорозорювач (snowplough), снігоочисник (plough, plow, snow-breaker, snowplough). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "snowplow": snowplowed, snowplowing, snowplows. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-n-o-o-p-s-w-w" | |
-3 letters: loons, loops, nolos, plows, polos, pools, poons, sloop, snool, snoop, solon, spool, spoon, swoon, swoop, wools, woops. | |
-4 letters: loon, loop, loos, lops, lown, lows, nolo, nows, oops, owls, owns, plow, polo, pols, pons, pool, poon, pows, slop, slow, snow, solo, soon, sown, swop, wons, wool, woos, wops, wows. | |
-5 letters: loo, lop, low, noo. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-n-o-o-p-s-w-w" | |
+1 letter: snowplows. | |
+2 letters: snowplowed. | |
+3 letters: snowplowing. | |
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