Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US)A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.

    Schneepflug

    снегоочисти́тельsnegoočistítelʹ, снегоубо́рочная маши́наsnegoubóročnaja mašína, плу́жный снегоочисти́тельplúžnyj snegoočistítelʹ

    a vehicle used to push snow from roads

  2. (US)A blade-like pushing device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow.

    снегоочисти́тельsnegoočistítelʹ

    снігоочи́сникsnihoočýsnyk

  3. (US)A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.

    Stemmbogen, Pizzastück

    плугplug

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The snowplow couldn't get by.

    deDer Schneepflug konnte nicht vorbeifahren.

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  2. The first snowplows were drawn by horses.

    deDie ersten Schneepflüge wurden von Pferden gezogen.

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  3. The snowplow cleared the snow from the street.

    deDer Schneepflug räumte den Schnee von der Straße.

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  4. The snowplow removed the snow from the road.

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  5. A snowplow tried to keep the highway near Oslo free of snow on Thursday morning.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device:
Русский
By meaning 2
vehicle:
in skiing or skating:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
vehicle:
in skiing or skating:

Origin

From snow + plow.

From snow + plow.

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Forms

plural: snowplows

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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