adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a snowy/snow-capped peak
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The snow-capped peaks of the Sorondo mountain range provide a dramatic backdrop.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
mountain
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Look at it, the golden evening, the snowy mountains , the citadel of the Alhambra.
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It will climb a snowy mountain .
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Katmandu airport is notoriously tricky, located in a narrow saucer-shaped valley surrounded by snowy mountains and pine hills.
owl
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The three species are the snowy owl , spotted eagle owl, and the great grey owl.
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The snowy owl and tawny owl assemblages diverge most greatly from this, with fewer complete mandibles than maxillae.
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In contrast to the barn owl , the snowy owl is represented by only a single pellet sample.
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Category 1 again contains the barn owl and short-eared owl but joined this time by the snowy owl.
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I ask if they know anything about the snowy owl .
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In the end the decision is made by the snowy owl .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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snowy weather
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gavin drove Nigel back one snowy January day.
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Granada glowed in the golden evening like a jewel suspended between the snowy Sierra Nevada and the rich green of orange groves.
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His ears were tufted with snowy hair.
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Look at it, the golden evening, the snowy mountains, the citadel of the Alhambra.
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Only 1, 200 to 1, 500 of the coastal variety of the western snowy plover are left in the world.
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Patient, helpful people are more noticeable on a snowy road; so, too, are the arrogant and impatient.
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Well feather-insulated talons of a snowy owl's feet.