Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snow up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: snow up
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prevent (an event) from occurring due to snow.

British usage

verb

To prevent (a person or thing) from leaving (a place) or using (a road or path) due to snow.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Midway between these stations a plough with two engines, which had been keeping the line open throughout the Sunday, became completely snowed up, and another engine sent from the Arrochar direction with men to assist in digging out the plough itself was caught in a drift south of Glen Douglas."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

snows up (present, singular) snowing up (participle, present) snowed up (participle, past) snowed up (past)

Questions

What does snow up mean?: To prevent (an event) from occurring due to snow.

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