snowcap
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Definition of snowcap
: a covering cap of snow (as on a mountain peak)
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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 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'snowcap.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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