snowcapped
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of snowcapped
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Taxis and minibuses zip past, taking the new arrivals to the airport in the nearest city, Van, a two-hour drive away on a highway between snowcapped mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
It’s a stunning campus, nested between the snowcapped Wasatch Mountains and Utah Lake.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
Then, a midge-carrying disease crossed over the nearby snowcapped Pyrenees from Spain and infected many of their cattle, causing death and miscarriages.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
As the residents stood talking by the flowing ditch under a clear sky, Kayode Kadara pointed to the snowcapped Sierra Nevada in the distance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2023
Seven years had passed since she’d left Deliene, watching the scalloped snowcapped mountains disappear into the distance from the back of a tipsy old merchant ship.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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