snow plow

See also: snowplow

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EnglishEdit

Snow plow removing snow from a road.

Alternative formsEdit

• snowplow
• snow plough, snowplough (Commonwealth)

NounEdit

snow plow (plural snow plows)

1. A vehicle that is used to push snow off surfaces such as roads.
2. A device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow.
3. A maneuver/manoeuvre in skiing in which the tips of the skis point inwards and the back ends point outwards, imitating a snow plow.

Derived termsEdit

• snowplough model, snowplow model
• snowplough turn, snowplow turn

TranslationsEdit

vehicle

• Arabic: كَاسِحَة ثُلُوج‎‎ f (kāsiḥa(t) ṯulūj)
• Catalan: llevaneu f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掃雪車, 扫雪车 (sǎoxuěchē), 掃雪機 (zh), 扫雪机 (zh) (sǎoxuějī)

• Czech: sněžný pluh m
• Danish: sneplov (da) c
• Dutch: sneeuwruimer m, sneeuwploeg f
• Finnish: lumiaura (fi), aura-auto (fi)
• French: (France) chasse-neige (fr), (Quebec) charrue (fr), déneigeuse (fr) f
• German: Schneepflug (de) m
• Greek: εκχιονιστήρας (el) m (ekchionistíras)
• Hebrew: מפלסת שלג‎‎ f (mefaleset sheleg)
• Irish: céachta sneachta m

• Japanese: 除雪車 (じょせつしゃ, josetsusha), スノープラウ (sunō purau)
• Korean: 제설차 (ko) (jeseolcha)
• Latvian: sniega arkls m
• Luxembourgish: Schnéiplou m
• Polish: odśnieżarka (pl) f, pług śnieżny m
• Portuguese: limpa-neve m
• Romanian: plug de zăpadă (ro) n
• Russian: снегоочисти́тель (ru) m (snegoočistítelʹ), снегоубо́рочная маши́на f (snegoubóročnaja mašína), плу́жный снегоочисти́тель m (plúžnyj snegoočistítelʹ)
• Slovak: snežný pluh m
• Slovene: snežni plug m
• Spanish: quitanieves (es)
• Swedish: snöplog (sv) c
• Yakut: хаар ыраастыыр (xaar ıraastıır)

device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掃雪機 (zh), 扫雪机 (zh) (sǎoxuějī)

• Danish: sneplov (da) c
• Dutch: sneeuwruimer m, sneeuwploeg f
• Finnish: lumiaura (fi), aura (fi)
• Greek: εκχιονιστήρας (el) m (ekchionistíras)

• Japanese: 除雪機 (じょせつき, josetsuki)
• Latvian: sniega arkls m
• Romanian: plug de zăpadă (ro) n
• Russian: снегоочисти́тель (ru) m (snegoočistítelʹ)
• Swedish: plog (sv) c, snöplog (sv) c
• Yakut: хаар ыраастыыр (xaar ıraastıır)

in skiing

• Catalan: angle (ca), cunya (ca)
• Finnish: auraus
• French: chasse-neige (fr)

• German: Stemmbogen m, Pizzastück n
• Russian: плуг (ru) m (plug)
• Spanish: cuña (es)

VerbEdit

snow plow (third-person singular simple present snow plows, present participle snow plowing, simple past and past participle snow plowed)

1. (transitive) To clear (roads, etc) using a snow plow.
2. (intransitive) To perform a snow plow in skiing.

TranslationsEdit

transitive: clear (roads, etc) using a snow plow

• Dutch: sneeuwruimen (nl)
• Finnish: aurata (fi)
• Greek: εκχιονίζω (el) (ekchionízo)

• Romanian: deszăpezi (ro)
• Swedish: ploga (sv)

intransitive: perform a snowplow in skiing

• Catalan: fer angle (ca)
• Finnish: aurata (fi)

• Swedish: ploga (sv)

Further readingEdit

• Snowplow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See alsoEdit

• conga line
• snowblower