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View synonyms for snowcapped

snowcapped

or snow-capped

[ snoh-kapt ]

adjective

  1. topped with snow:

    the snowcapped Alps.



snowcapped

/ ˈsnəʊˌkæpt /

adjective

  1. (of a mountain, hill, etc) having a cap of snow on the top
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snowcapped1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

Times photographers captured that scene as well as a snowcapped Mt.

The backdrops are perfect, settings the Succession location scouts would thrill to: a lush Miami dreamscape; a glittering pool of pristine blue in some tony part of L.A.; the snowcapped slopes of Aspen; the uptown skyline from a balcony high atop some enviable Manhattan high-rise; the rocky crags of the Ibiza coastline; a sailboat-strewn harbor on some Greek island that calls to mind Homer, with all the dramatic irony that implies.

From Slate

Then, a midge-carrying disease crossed over the nearby snowcapped Pyrenees from Spain and infected many of their cattle, causing death and miscarriages.

This community leader lives in nearby Bokonbayevo, a town of 14,000 people at the foot of the snowcapped Tian Shan mountains in this central Asian country.

Spanning almost 1 million acres, ONP features a wild Pacific coastline, snowcapped mountains that attract clouds and rain and four types of forest, including temperate rainforest with looming stands of moss-covered old-growth trees and near-continuous rain and moisture.

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