"snowplough" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snowploughs [plural]
Etymology: From snow + plough. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|plough}} snow + plough Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowplough (plural snowploughs)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of snowplow Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: snowplow
    Sense id: en-snowplough-en-noun-ljm34woM Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snow plough

Verb

Forms: snowploughs [present, singular, third-person], snowploughing [participle, present], snowploughed [participle, past], snowploughed [past]
Etymology: From snow + plough. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|plough}} snow + plough Head templates: {{en-verb}} snowplough (third-person singular simple present snowploughs, present participle snowploughing, simple past and past participle snowploughed)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of snowplow Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: snowplow
    Sense id: en-snowplough-en-verb-ljm34woM Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snow plough

Inflected forms

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