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white as driven snow

white as driven snow adjective: extremely white; totally white (of a color).

Adjective

white as driven snow (not comparable)

  1. (simile) extremely white; totally white (of a color).

Forms of white as driven snow

alternative formwhite as the driven snow

Origin of white as driven snow

According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean" and is recorded as early as 1611.

Questions about white as driven snow

What does white as driven snow mean?
White as driven snow means extremely white; totally white (of a color).
What part of speech is white as driven snow?
White as driven snow is an adjective.

Words near white as driven snow in the dictionary

  1. White Army
  2. white arsenic
  3. white arsenic oxide
  4. white as a ghost
  5. white as a sheet
  6. white as driven snow
  7. white as snow
  8. white as the driven snow
  9. white asbestos
  10. white ash
  11. white bacon

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