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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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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
For a truly otherworldly experience, Thurman recommends renting one of Garnet’s two cabins between December and April, when the town gets snowed in and is only accessible by snowmobile, snowshoes, or cross-country skis.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Adventure through the forests and marvel at Aspen’s magical views by snowshoeing in the winter.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Visitors hoping to snowshoe should check out Black Bay Beaver Pond Trail, one of Ditzler’s favorite snowshoe hikes.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
For a truly otherworldly experience, Thurman recommends renting one of Garnet’s two cabins between December and April, when the town gets snowed in and is only accessible by snowmobile, snowshoes, or cross-country skis.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Verb
Highlights include dogsledding, curling lessons with locals, dining with homesteaders, soaking in geothermal hot springs, snowshoeing on private land, and tea with reindeer herders.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Adventure through the forests and marvel at Aspen’s magical views by snowshoeing in the winter.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Snowshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowshoe. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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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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