Snowdrift

/snˈə‍ʊdɹɪft/

/snˈoʊdɹɪft/

Snowdrift

a mass of deep snow piled up by the wind

Examples

1. Thousands are enveloped in snowdrifts.

2. With their faith in Brigham Young and the Lord, they headed into the snowdrifts of the Continental Divide.

3. Linens were experimentally sniffed and then idly tossed aside, forming lonely snowdrifts on the floor.

4. Some of that dust falls back down onto the surface and slowly, you get snowdrifts, if you like, of dust on the surface.