"snow fence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: snow fences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snow fence (plural snow fences)
  1. A fence erected for the purpose of preventing windblown snow from drifting, e.g. onto a road or railway. Translations (snow fence): zásněžka [feminine] (Czech), lumiaita (Finnish), paravalanche [masculine] (French), paraneve [masculine] (Italian), paravalanșă [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-snow_fence-en-noun-bUGstFtH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for snow fence meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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