whitecapped
whitecapped adjective: capped with whiteness (such as snow or sea foam).
Adjective
whitecapped (not comparable)
- Capped with whiteness (such as snow or sea foam).
- I went to the Tucson Gem Trade Exhibition and then flew over brown and whitecapped mountain ridges and giant green squares to New York City.2003, Kadiatou Diallo, Craig Thomas Wolff, My heart will cross this ocean: my story, my son, Amadou
- And Ms. Davies’s 7,000-square-foot guesthouse, the only building from the original estate to survive, is already a favorite among card-playing foursomes and others who want to lounge on the second-story deck and watch dolphins bob in the whitecapped waves.2009 August 30, Laura M. Holson, “A Dip Into Hollywood”, in New York Times
Origin of whitecapped
From white + capped.
Questions about whitecapped
- What does whitecapped mean?
- Whitecapped means capped with whiteness (such as snow or sea foam).
- What part of speech is whitecapped?
- Whitecapped is an adjective.
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