Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capped with snow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the top capped or covered with snow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered with
snow at thetop , especially of ahill ormountain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of mountains) capped with a covering of snow
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Examples
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Instead of somber brick buildings, I will have the quaint homes in your forefront, and the fluffy white clouds of smoke from the coal plant now will be the snow-capped mountains surveying all beneath its beauty.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Office Overhaul for Mental Overhaul 2010
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As we got even closer to the beach, I saw that the white spots were coral heads and they looked like snow-capped peaks rather than the golden browns and greens of healthy coral colonies.
Dr. Terry Gosliner: From Beautiful Nudibranchs to Coral Graveyards: Marine Research in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (PHOTOS) Dr. Terry Gosliner 2010
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Look away from a mirror-flat fiord reflecting a mound of clouds, and when you turn back there may be milky waters below a snow-capped mountain streaked with sunlight.
So Far, So Good Sara Clemence 2012
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Mendoza's high altitude wine country, nestled in the foothills of the snow-capped Andes, has been Argentina's main wine producing region for more than four hundred years.
Laura Catena: From Asado (Barbecue) to Helado (Ice Cream): A Foodie Tour of Mendoza Laura Catena 2010
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L'Amandier, a development of 16 luxury eco-villas, sits on a plateau surrounded by the magnificent snow-capped Atlas mountains, with panoramic views across the Ouirgane Valley in Morocco.
Luxury Eco-Villas 2010
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The land is full of deep forests and high, snow-capped mountains with a great river running through it.
Jim Luce: Japanese Holistic Healer in NYC to Build School for Tibetan Orphans in India Jim Luce 2011
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I arrive and it is a three-hour drive to the lodge in the Torres del Paine National Park, set amid a dramatic landscape—towering snow-capped mountains, bright-blue lakes and lush grass; I sit outside for an hour or so taking in the changing shapes and colors as the day ends.
Trekking Across Chile's Majestic Frontier Jemima Sissons 2011
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But nothing prepared us for the staggering Alpine beauty of the region – flower-filled meadows, crystal-clear rivers and lakes – nor the views from Nebesa's chalets; snow-capped mountains to the east, endless valleys to the west, trailing down to the Adriatic.
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The land is full of deep forests and high, snow-capped mountains with a great river running through it.
Jim Luce: Japanese Holistic Healer in NYC to Build School for Tibetan Orphans in India Jim Luce 2011
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Finding a range of snow-capped mountains and meadows even in the dead of winter is going to be hard to come by in Louisiana.
Twilight Lexicon » Could Breaking Dawn Move to Louisiana? 2010
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