snowbound
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˈsnoʊˌbaʊnd/
- UK
- We were snowbound for two whole days.
- snowbound cars
- snowbound cabin
- snowbound mountains
Examples
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It was winter, and we were snowbound and in the middle of a blizzard.
Blog text (34) -
We had been snowbound for almost three weeks, and today's sky showed no signs of letting up.
Fiction book (1991) -
March, and much of the north remains snowbound
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They got snowbound one winter in the mountains.
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No immediate snow was predicted, but Mom envisioned the two of us snowbound in Kilburn, trapped until the spring thaw.
Fiction book (1997) -
When Packer stumbled, alone, into the Los Pinos Indian Agency after 57 days in the snowbound mountains, all he wanted was a good, stiff drink.
Academic text (2002) -
As he watched, sunlight broke through the parting tufts of cloud and spotted the snowbound land in patches of gleaming white bright enough to hurt the eye.
Fiction book (1992) -
We were trapped and snowbound in our cabin for the entire weekend.
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The small village became completely snowbound, leaving residents unable to leave their homes.
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Due to the blizzard, many travelers were snowbound overnight at the airport.
Synonyms
10
3.4
Not able to leave a place because heavy snow blocks the roads
1
7.7
Thick ice surrounds ships and harbors, stopping boats and blocking access
1
7.1
A place where ice blocks the way so people or vehicles cannot move through
1
7.9
Unable to leave a place because of a storm
1
7.6
Land made hard and frozen so people and vehicles cannot pass
Unable to leave or move because of bad weather
Antonyms
How Trapped
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snowbound is made from the two parts snow and bound, where bound means 'kept' or 'held in place'. Picture a road or small village tied up by deep snow so people cannot leave, so snowbound means unable to leave because the snow keeps you inside.