snow-white

American  

[snoh-hwahyt, -wahyt] / ˈsnoʊˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt /

adjective

1. white as snow.

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snow-white British  

adjective

1. white as snow

2. pure as white snow

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Etymology

Origin of snow-white

before 1000; Middle English; Old English snāwhwīt

Example Sentences

In the photo, the snow-white marble statue takes center stage, overlooking Brown Jackson on the lower left.

From Los Angeles Times

Exiting Raffles onto the busy road, I noticed across the street the spire of a snow-white Gothic chapel with stained glass windows.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is a magnificent, snow-white wolf on the cover of Time Magazine today - accompanied by a headline announcing the return of the dire wolf.

From BBC

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

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

From Seattle Times