white snow

Pale frozen precipitation

Snow that is white—a redundant phrase, since snow is white by default.

The expression appears in children's songs, poetry, and descriptions emphasizing purity or pristine conditions: The white snow blanketed the countryside.

Occasionally used for contrast when snow has become dirty or discolored: fresh white snow covered the gray slush.

Related

Jack Frost · cold snap · serenity · blizzard · skiing · snowdrift · silence · tundra · crisp · glacier · winter wonderland · Christmas morning · sledding · nostalgia · innocence · holiday season · avalanche · alpine

Opposites
color/purity

white snowyellow snow

Discolored winter ground cover

black soot · mud · coal · black ice · ash

symbolic purity/innocence

white snowcorruption

Dishonest abuse of power

defilement · taint · impurity · stain · blemish

symbolic associations

white snowblack soot

coal dust · volcanic ash · hellfire · scorched earth

Family

white, snow, whiten, whiteness, whitish, whites, whiter, whitest, snows

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G