"white as driven snow" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-white as driven snow.ogg Forms: white as the driven snow [alternative]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} white as driven snow (not comparable)
  1. (simile) extremely white; totally white (of a color). Tags: not-comparable Related terms: pure as driven snow, white as snow, snow-white
    Sense id: en-white_as_driven_snow-en-adj-dFs3oBYQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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