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snow-capped en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Covered with snow at the top, especially of a hill or mountain.
   • But the adventurous visitor only needs to travel just a few hours north of the capital to find a less crowded city, where culinary delicacies can be eaten against the backdrop of a snow-capped, active volcano. 2025 April 8, Joshua Korber Hoffman, “The ‘Shinkansen kiss’: Japan’s little-known rail spectacle that attracts trainspotters from around the world”, in CNN:
   • In the current era of global warming, Mount Kilimanjaro is no longer permanently snow-capped.
   • snow-capped peaks

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Relateds

Snow Hill · snow on the mountaintop · ice-cap

Synonyms

snowtopped

Translations (19)

fi lumihuippuinen (covered with snow at the top) · ro înzăpezit (covered with snow at the top) · nl met besneeuwde top (covered with snow at the top) · el χιονοσκεπής (covered with snow at the top) · fr au sommet enneigé (covered with snow at the top) · grc ἀκρονιφής (covered with snow at the top) · pl zaśnieżony (covered with snow at the top) · fr au sommet couvert de neige (covered with snow at the top) · it innevato (covered with snow at the top) · nl sneeuwbedekt (covered with snow at the top) · de schneebedeckt (covered with snow at the top) · nl besneeuwd (covered with snow at the top) · nb snøkledt (covered with snow at the top) · it coperto di neve (covered with snow at the top) · nn snøkledd (covered with snow at the top) · nb snøkledd (covered with snow at the top) · pl ośnieżony (covered with snow at the top) · fr enneigé (covered with snow at the top) · ru засне́женный (covered with snow at the top)