snowy, snow-white
(adjective) of the white color of snow
snowy, snow-covered, snow-clad
(adjective) covered with snow; “snow-clad hills”; “snow-covered roads”; “a long snowy winter”
white, snowy
(adjective) marked by the presence of snow; “a white Christmas”; “the white hills of a northern winter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snowier
comparative form of snowy
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Source: Wiktionary
Snow"y, a.
1. White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows." Shak.
2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of cold Olympus." Milton.
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. J. Hall (1646). Snowy heron (Zoöl.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird.
– Snowy lemming (Zoöl.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), which turns white in winter.
– Snowy owl (Zoöl.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl.
– Snowy plover (Zoöl.), a small plover (Ægialitis nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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