snow-white

[ snoh-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

adjective

1. white as snow.

snow-white

adjective

1. white as snow
2. pure as white snow

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow-white¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English snāwhwīt

Example Sentences

Celmins’ 1968 drawings of old black-and-white photographs torn from history books — a 1930s zeppelin airship, Hiroshima’s nearly obliterated 1945 landscape — begin with a sheet of paper prepared with a ground of snow-white acrylic.

From Los Angeles Times

Sinwar - who has striking snow-white hair and jet-black eyebrows - disappeared at the start of the war sparked by the attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

From BBC

Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras and an armed guard.

From Seattle Times

Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras, a veterinarian and an armed guard.

From Seattle Times

Camilla’s furs parted, and a head appeared, then an entire mouse, snow-white.

From Literature