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: a usually lightweight platform for the foot that is designed to enable a person to walk on soft snow without sinking and that typically consists of an oblong frame crossed with leather thongs or synthetic material
Examples of snowshoe in a Sentence
Verb
We snowshoed through the woods.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
The visitor center and museum offer free snowshoe rentals.
—Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024
Another high point was snowshoeing in a forested canyon where a waterfall was all icicles.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
On a 19-degree Fahrenheit day, Mann hit the trail in New York's Adirondack Mountains with his snowshoes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
The visitor center and museum offer free snowshoe rentals.
—Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
Those who want to snowshoe in state forests will need to bring their own snowshoes and should be aware that state forests are open to hunting and trapping during the appropriate seasons.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024
Another high point was snowshoeing in a forested canyon where a waterfall was all icicles.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Snowshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowshoe. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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snowshoe
1 of 2 noun
snow·shoe
-ˌshü 
: a light frame (as of wood or aluminum) strung with a net that is attached to the foot to prevent sinking in soft snow
snowshoe
2 of 2 verb
snowshoed; snowshoeing
: to travel on snowshoes
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