SNOW-COVERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snow-covered mean? 

• SNOW-COVERED (adjective)
  The adjective SNOW-COVERED has 1 sense:

1. covered with snow

  Familiarity information: SNOW-COVERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOW-COVERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with snow

Synonyms:

snow-clad; snow-covered; snowy

Context example:

a long snowy winter

Similar:

covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)

 Context examples 

Forests in seasonally snow-covered areas serve as key CO2 sinks, thanks to the natural processes by which trees take in carbon.

(Earlier snowmelt decreases streamflow, reduces forests' ability to regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide, NSF)

Behind him it stretched away in a mighty curve of many miles, losing itself in a fantastic jumble of mountains, snow-covered and silent.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

One of my companions touched my arm as we swept round the base of a hill and opened up the lofty, snow-covered peak of a mountain, which seemed, as we wound on our serpentine way, to be right before us:—"Look! Isten szek!"—"God's seat!"—and he crossed himself reverently.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)