snowcap

[ snoh-kap ]

noun

a layer of snow forming a cap on or covering the top of something, as a mountain peak or ridge.

Origin of snowcap

First recorded in 1870–75; snow + cap¹

Words Nearby snowcap

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How to use snowcap in a sentence

There was but a slope to descend, a sheltered cove to reach, and snowcap would be given back to his kindred.
Told In The Hills | Marah Ellis Ryan
He thought of the time when she had lain in his arms as snowcap was lying, and he had carried her over the hills in the moonlight.
Told In The Hills | Marah Ellis Ryan
They're easy managed now—like a lot of children, just because they shot me—when I was carrying snowcap home.
Told In The Hills | Marah Ellis Ryan

British Dictionary definitions for snowcap

snowcap

/ (ˈsnəʊˌkæp) /

noun

a cap of snow, as on the top of a mountain

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