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snow-clad

[ snoh-klad ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌklæd /

adjective

covered with snow.

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Origin of snow-clad

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby snow-clad

snow train, snow tyre, snow under, snow-blind, snow-broth, snow-clad, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain, snow-white, snowball, snowball bush

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Example sentences from the Web for snow-clad

To the right of the torrent towered the snow-clad summit of the Gousta, which rises to an altitude of six thousand feet.
Ticket No. "9672"|Jules Verne
Calm follows the storm, the sky is clear and the radiation from the snow-clad surface of the earth is great.
Old Plymouth Trails|Winthrop Packard
The sea of snow-clad peaks slid by beneath them, the sun flashing from the granite slopes.
Unexplored!|Allen Chaffee
Behind him lay the hill-side city, with its grey towers and spires and snow-clad mountain.
A Dozen Ways Of Love|Lily Dougall

Many beautiful pictures may be found in the valley in winter when Jack Frost is ruler of all the snow-clad, ice-bound cañon.
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton

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