white snow

Noun

Meaning

(alchemy, obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ snow.

Examples

That was my longing: for the mountains' divine solitude and peacefulness, for pure, white snow. I got tired of the big city. I am at home again in the mountains. There I sit for many hours amid their white virginity and find myself again. Joseph Goebbels

This morning I wake to be older than you were Fresh white snow for miles Every footstep will be mine. Ben Folds

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