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snowscape

snowscape

1 3.7
A view of land covered with snow
  • noun
  • /ˈsnoʊskeɪp/
  • UK
: paisaje nevado
  • The snow-covered hills created a beautiful snowscape that took my breath away.

Examples

  • Except that day, there was no path, only an endless blurry snowscape.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "Snowscape" -- she was aware in some distant recess she was giving a breathtaking performance.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Beyond the car, the snowscape spread like heaps of bedclothes, some soiled and some clean.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Beautiful snowscapes and adventure.

    Blog text (9)

  • I came in and read my favorite story, "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," then fell to watching the contest between the snowscape and the ordinary world outside. I secretly ached for the thick falling snow to keep inching up until the windowpane was covered completely.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • As we hiked through the forest, the stunning snowscape made us feel like we were in a winter wonderland.

  • The artist captured the serene beauty of a snowscape in her painting, depicting the soft layers of snow on the ground.

Synonyms

snowfield
vssnowscape
  • UK
1 5.5

A large area on a mountain or in cold places that stays covered in snow

is a view or picture of a snowy landscape rather than the actual place

How Snowy

whiteout
  • UK
8 8.0
snowscape
  • UK
1 3.7

Surface Forms

snowscape singular
snowscapes plural

Morphology

snowscape = snow + scape (transparent) = snow + scape

The meaning is directly built from 'snow' + '-scape' (a view/scene), so learners can deduce 'a scene covered in snow' from the components.

Etymology

The word snowscape is made of snow and -scape, the same -scape you see in landscape and seascape, where 'scape' means 'view' or 'scene'. So a snowscape is literally a 'snow view', a picture or scene of land covered in snow.