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nature's way of turning your car into a suggestion rather than a fact.
means a mounded pile of accumulated snow, usually plowed, shoveled, or wind-drifted into a shape that outlives the storm itself.
from straightforward compound of snow plus bank, the latter borrowed from riverbanks and earthen mounds since the 1700s — snow just piles the same way dirt does.
plow physicsroadside banks compress into near-ice density fast.
longevityshaded snowbanks can outlast spring by weeks.
hidden hazardparked cars vanish inside them every winter.