snow-clad
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of snow-clad
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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A fashion show held last week in a picturesque, snow-clad town in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked a major controversy that is still simmering.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Highway 395, which winds along the base of snow-clad Sierra peaks that reach up to 14,000 feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2023
Rising from its lowland valleys like a vision, 4,392-metre Mount Rainier is the highest of all the snow-clad volcanoes of the Cascade Range.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2018
RUNTUNA, Sweden — The cries of “hell!” “hell!” ringing out across a snow-clad landscape attracted a curious crowd of weekend tobogganers.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018
If Killarney had glaciers and eternally snow-clad peaks, it would have everything that Switzerland has.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.
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