the.com/snow blower
America's most expensive way to avoid saying 'shovel' out loud.
means A gas- or electric-powered machine that scoops up snow and throws it aside (or far across the yard) so you don't have to shovel it by hand.
from A straightforward compound: 'snow' plus 'blower,' describing exactly what the machine does — it uses an auger or impeller to catch snow and literally blow it out through a chute. Mechanical snow-clearing devices (first rotary plows for railways) date back to the 1800s, but the smaller gasoline-powered home version that the name 'snow blower' commonly refers to became popular in the mid-20th century as suburban homeowners sought an alternative to hand shoveling.
- invented
- Canadian, 1925, obviously
- single-stage
- fine for light snow, hates ice
- two-stage
- has a gearbox, means business
- storage math
- used two days a year, stored 363