snowdrifts

noun

plural of snowdrift
as in snowbanks

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  1. banks
  2. drifts
  3. mounds
Noun
  • Skateboarders have flown in from every continent to ride the banks over the decades, and on Friday, a couple of locals came to say goodbye before the demolition.
    — Maddie White, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Sure, Goldman and the other top Wall Street banks were able to cash in on all the market volatility lately.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of banks
Noun
  • Pay drifts again the moment reviews stop, so the companies actually narrowing the gap are the ones treating it as an ongoing practice, not a box checked once and revisited only when the numbers make headlines.
    — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • As much as 58 inches of snow fell in some regions, and strong winds up to 80 mph were responsible for large snow drifts -- many over 50 feet tall.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of drifts
Noun
  • Over the years, mounds, pottery shards and other relics of Native American settlements that once dotted the swamp have been discovered.
    — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • In an effort to starve the Native Americans of the Great Plains, white settlers massacred many millions of North American buffalo between 1870 and 1890, piling the animals’ skulls into monstrous mounds reaching up to the sky.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of mounds
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