SNOWBELT Definition & Meaning

snowbelt

[ snoh-belt ]

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noun

a region of annual or heavy snowfall.
(initial capital letter) Also Snow Belt. Also called Frostbelt. the northern parts of the U.S., especially the Midwest and the Northeast, that are subject to considerable snowfall.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of snowbelt¹

First recorded in 1870–75; snow + belt

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The snowbelt zones off Lakes Erie and Ontario were other areas where snowfall was extremely lacking, perhaps surprisingly so, considering the enormous amounts in Buffalo.

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Communities in the Lake Erie snowbelt could receive nearly a foot before the storm blows through Wednesday morning.

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It also comes with a six-speed manual transmission that isn’t offered on the Snowbelt special, which gets the same number of gears in an automatic.

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Nissan is apparently hoping there are more than a few customers left in the snowbelt states who’d still prefer to keep a low profile.

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Yet, the Sierra is California’s snowbelt, and even up here it is hot.

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