snow-capped

snow-capped
Covered with snow at the top, especially of a hill or mountain.

In the current era of global warming, Mount Kilimanjaro is no longer permanently snow-capped.


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  • Snow-capped — a. Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow capped mountains. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snow|capped — snow capped or snow|capped «SNOH KAPT», adjective. having its top covered with snow: »Lebanon s mountains, usually snow capped all winter, are nearly bare today (New York Times) …   Useful english dictionary

  • snow-capped — adj literary snow capped mountains are covered in snow at the top …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • snow-capped — [ snou ,kæpt ] adjective LITERARY snow capped mountains have snow on the top …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • snow-capped — adjective (of mountains) capped with a covering of snow • Pertains to noun: ↑snowcap * * * snowˈ capped or snowˈ capt adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑snow * * * snow capped UK [ˈsnəʊ kæpt] US [ˈsnoʊ ˌkæpt] …   Useful english dictionary

  • snow-capped — ADJ: ADJ n A snow capped mountain is covered with snow at the top. [LITERARY] ...the snow capped Himalayan peaks …   English dictionary

  • snow-capped — adjective literary snow capped mountains are covered in snow at the top …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • snow-capped — UK [ˈsnəʊ kæpt] / US [ˈsnoʊ ˌkæpt] adjective literary snow capped mountains have snow on the top …   English dictionary

  • snow-capped — adj. Snow capped is used with these nouns: ↑mountain, ↑peak, ↑summit …   Collocations dictionary

  • Snow-capped Manakin — Taxobox name = Snow capped Manakin status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Pipridae genus = Lepidothrix species = L. nattereri binomial = Lepidothrix nattereri… …   Wikipedia

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