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
snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)
Marked by snow, characterized by snow.
Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed.
Snow-white in color, white as snow.
Synonym: niveous
snowy (plural snowies)
(informal) synonym of snowy owl
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 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
