snowed in

English

Adjective

snowed in (not comparable)

1. Unable to exit a place or location due to excessive snow.
   • 1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 253:

     Three passenger and two goods trains were snowed in here on December 4, 1882, and the "South Yorkshireman" suffered the same fate in February, 1958.

   Synonyms: snowbound, snowed up, storm-stayed

Related terms

• snow in

Translations

unable to get out of a place due to snow

• Dutch: ingesneeuwd (nl)
• German: eingeschneit (de)
• Swedish: insnöad (sv)