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snowshoe
(snoʊʃuː)
Word forms: plural snowshoes
countable noun [usually plural]
Snowshoes are oval frames which have a strong net stretched across them and which you fasten to your feet so that you can walk on deep snow.
snowshoe in British English
(ˈsnəʊˌʃuː)
noun
1.
a device to facilitate walking on snow, esp a racket-shaped frame with a network of thongs stretched across it
verbWord forms: -shoes, -shoeing or -shoed
2. (intransitive)
to walk or go using snowshoes
Derived forms
snowshoer (ˈsnowˌshoer) noun
snowshoe in American English
(ˈsnoʊˌʃu)
US
noun
1.
either of a pair of racket-shaped frames of wood, etc. fitted with crosspieces and crisscrossed with strips of leather, etc., worn on the feet to prevent sinking in deep snow
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsnowˌshoed or ˈsnowˌshoeing
2.
to use snowshoes in walking
Derived forms
snowshoer (ˈsnowˌshoer) noun
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