snowcap

noun snow·cap \ ˈsnō-ˌkap \

Updated on: 24 Feb 2018

Definition of snowcap

: a covering cap of snow (as on a mountain peak)

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snowcapped

play \ˈsnō-ˌkapt\ adjective

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Recent Examples of snowcap from the Web

In the past, geologists have disagreed about what to include in their calculations: Should the summit’s snowcap be included?

— New York Times, "How Tall Is Mount Everest? For Nepal, It’s a Touchy Question.," 3 Feb. 2018
In the past, geologists have disagreed about what to include in their calculations: Should the summit’s snowcap be included?

— kai schultz, The Seattle Times, "How tall is Mount Everest? For Nepal, it’s a touchy question," 3 Feb. 2018
White icebergs and snowcaps create frigid landscapes, blanched reefs invoke leagues under the sea, and in the center of the gallery a circular metal scaffold supports a hovering cylinder of light, the abstraction of a spaceship.

— laura jacobs, WSJ, "‘Expedition: Fashion From the Extreme’ Review: Survival Couture," 19 Sep. 2017
Tensile spaghetti noodles tangle among feta, Calabrian chiles, and fat chunks of bacon under a snowcap of bread crumbs, the poor man's Parmesan.

— mike sula, Chicago Reader, "At City Mouse, Giant conquers the Fulton Market District," 7 Sep. 2017
By the twentieth century, private winemakers were tapping runoff from the melting snowcaps of the Cascade Mountains for large-scale irrigation.

— chateau ste. michelle, The Seattle Times, "How Washington became a major player in the wine industry," 2 May 2017

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