Snowdon

[ snohd-n ]

/ ˈsnoʊd n /

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noun

a mountain in NW Wales: highest peak in Wales. 3,560 feet (1,085 meters).

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Words nearby Snowdon

snow creep, snow crust, snow crystal, snow day, snow devil, Snowdon, Snowdonia, snowdrift, snowdrop, snowdrop tree, snowed

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How to use Snowdon in a sentence

After she was barred from marrying Townsend, Margaret married Lord Snowdon.
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At Oldfields, Snowdon-Jones had a reputation as a real-life mean girl.
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I emailed Snowdon-Jones repeatedly and she was at first eager to speak.
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Hirsch says that she contacted the police after Snowdon-Jones refused to meet with her and her mom.
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I don't really count going to 1Oak as being a socialite," sniffs a woman who refers to Snowdon-Jones as her "frenemy.
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Snowdon, the highest in the Kingdom, rises not so much as four thousand feet above the sea level.
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They found the stream that flows from the waterfall under Snowdon, and the flagged path that lies beside the stream.
The Incredible Honeymoon|E. Nesbit
I found my wife, with the two children, settled in Snowdon,1 a house I had recently purchased.
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He spoke of it as though it were some beetling eminence, resembling at the very least a Snowdon or an Helvellyn.
The Great North Road: London to York|Charles G. Harper
Meeting mine host on the lawn, I inquired if I might venture to ascend Snowdon without the service of a guide.
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British Dictionary definitions for Snowdon (1 of 2)

Snowdon¹

/ (ˈsnəʊdən) /

noun

a mountain in NW Wales, in Gwynedd: the highest peak in Wales. Height: 1085 m (3560 ft)Welsh name: Yr Wyddfa

British Dictionary definitions for Snowdon (2 of 2)

Snowdon²

/ (ˈsnəʊdən) /

noun

1st Earl of, title of Antony Armstrong-Jones . born 1930, British photographer, whose work includes television documentaries, photographic books, and the design of the Snowdon Aviary, London Zoo (1965). His marriage (1960–78) to Princess Margaret ended in divorce

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