Snow White

Snow White: Snow White

the main character in a ↑fairy tale called Snow White, who is a beautiful princess who has a jealous ↑stepmother. The stepmother sends Snow White into the forest to be killed. Snow White does not die, but goes to live with seven ↑dwarfs (=imaginary creatures like very small men) . Her stepmother then tries to kill her with a poisoned apple, but instead of dying she goes to sleep until a prince kisses her and wakes her. There is a famous Walt Disney ↑cartoon film based on the story, made in the 1930s.

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Snow-white — a. White as snow; very white. Snow white and rose red Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snow White — the main character in a ↑fairy tale called Snow White, who is a beautiful princess who has a jealous ↑stepmother. The stepmother sends Snow White into the forest to be killed. Snow White does not die, but goes to live with seven ↑dwarfs… … Dictionary of contemporary English
snow-white — snow white; snow white·ness; … English syllables
snow-white — snow′ white′ adj. white as snow • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
snow-white — [snō′hwīt′, snō′wīt′] adj. white as snow … English World dictionary
snow-white — adj pure white … Dictionary of contemporary English
snow-white — adj pure white … Dictionary of contemporary English
snow-white — adjective very white … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Snow White — a girl in a children s FAIRY TALE who is poisoned when she eats an apple but made well again when a prince kisses her … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Snow White — This article is about the traditional fairy tale. For the Disney character, see Snow White (Disney). For other uses, see Snow White (disambiguation). Snow White Snow White in her coffin, Theodor Hosemann, 1852 Folk tale … Wikipedia

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