snow bank
Winter roadside mound
A snow bank is an accumulation of snow piled up by wind or plowing, typically along roadsides, against buildings, or at the edges of cleared areas.
Snow banks form naturally during storms or artificially when plows push snow aside: The car skidded into a snow bank.
Also spelled as one word: snowbank.
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- plowTool for turning soil
- shovelTool for moving earth
- powderFine dry particles
- fresh powderNewly fallen, uncompacted snow
blizzard · winter storm · mound · pile · icy · frozen · white · deep · cold · burrow · fort · avalanche · crust · packed · fresh · plowed · roadside · parking lot
- Snowsnowpack, snowfield, snowbank, snowdrift, blizzard
- snow terrainglacier, snowfield, ice sheet, snowdrift, powder
- Winter Structuresigloo, ice castle, ice palace, ice carving, ice shanty
- frozen landstundra, glacier, iceberg, ice sheet, ice cap
- snowy landscapessnowscape, snowfield, winter wonderland, frozen tundra, glacial valley
- winter coldcold front, ice, arctic air, frost, icicle
snow accumulation quantity
snow bankdusting
Removing surface grime
snow flurry · powder coating · flurries · slush · bare patch
snow, bank, snows, snowed, snowing, snowy, snowier, snowiest, snowfall