deep drift

Frequency: 5.53.0 per million words

A large pile of snow or sand.

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Examples (10)

  • We had to dig our car out of a deep drift this morning.
  • Be careful of the deep drifts on the back roads.
  • The blizzard left a deep drift against the garage door.
  • The fence was barely visible, buried beneath a deep drift of powdery snow.
  • Wind sculpted the desert, forming a deep drift of sand against the ruins.
  • A single lamppost illuminated a deep drift that had swallowed the park bench.
  • The children made a tunnel through the deep drift in their yard.
  • Meteorologists predict the storm will leave deep drifts across the region.
  • Our path was blocked by a deep drift of windblown sand.
  • He nearly got stuck in a deep drift while driving home.