snowdrift means A bank of snow accumulated by the wind. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
snowdrift is pronounced /ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/.
Etymology
From snow + drift.
noun
- A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.“In winter the line between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen was regularly blocked by snowdrifts; in 1947, for instance, it was closed for eight weeks and only three weeks before it was finally closed no trains were able to use it for three days because of thick snow.”