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

And the mirror replied: “You, my queen, may have a beauty quite rare, but Little Snow White is a thousand times more fair.”

From The Daily Beast

When she arrived, she saw that Little Snow White was the bride.

From The Daily Beast

When the dwarfs came home from the mines that evening, they found Little Snow White lying on the ground, and she was dead.

From The Daily Beast

The queen was so horrified that all her blood rushed to her heart when she realized that Little Snow White was alive once again.

From The Daily Beast

The mirror answered:     “You, my queen, may have a beauty quite rare, but Little Snow White is a thousand times more fair.”

From The Daily Beast

The runs were covered with several thousand snow-white, red-combed chickens, and all their little white houses shone in the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

Above was a deep-blue sky with those thick low masses of snow-white clouds one sees only in Bavaria.

From Project Gutenberg

They formed tremulous islands about which the water-lilies spread their great heart-shaped leaves and snow-white flowers.

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The vehicle halted directly in front of him and a man with ruddy cheeks and snow-white hair leaned out to wave at him.

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Out by the hill, a butterfly, snow white, rested a moment on the young girl's hair.

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