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snow-clad

[ snoh-klad ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌklæd /

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adjective

covered with snow.

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Origin of snow-clad

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby snow-clad

snowbush, snowcap, snowcapped, snowcat, snow cave, snow-clad, snowclone, snow cone, snow cover, snow crab, snow creep

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How to use snow-clad in a sentence

The Southern sun shone from a cloudless sky; a light, keen wind blowing from the distant snow-clad Canigou set the blood tingling.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
An hour later our victim arrived and scarce an inch of her but shone like a snow-clad hill with the pearls she wore.
Mrs. Raffles|John Kendrick Bangs
Beyond rose tier on tier of hills, ending on the skyline in snow-clad mountain peaks.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
Thick and leafy woods like those of old Norway, instead of these rugged cliffs and snow-clad hills.
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne

The mountain rose to a height of about seventeen hundred feet on our left, its steep sides being almost completely snow-clad.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson