The snow blankets the ground in white.

Meaning: The snow covers the ground completely, making it look white.

Choice of Words: Snow is frozen water that falls from the sky in flakes. Blankets means to cover something completely.

Alternative Expressions

The snow covers the ground with a white blanket.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how the snow covers the ground, but it uses the word "blanket" to emphasize how the snow completely covers the ground.

Choice of Words: Covers means to put something over something else. Blanket is a piece of fabric that is used to keep someone warm in bed. White is a color.

The white snow covers the ground.

Meaning: This sentence is the simplest of the three, but it still conveys the same meaning: the snow covers the ground and makes it white.

Choice of Words: White is a color. Snow is a type of precipitation that falls from the sky when water vapor freezes in the atmosphere. Covers means to put something over something else. Ground is the surface of the Earth.

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