white as driven snow

adjective

extremely white; totally white (of a color).

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Meanings

adjectivewhite as driven snow (not comparable)

alternative white as the driven snow

  1. not comparablesimileextremely white; totally white (of a color).

Synonyms & antonyms

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white as snow

Origin

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.

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