ice-covered
Slick with frost
Covered with ice.
Ice-covered describes surfaces, objects, or landscapes coated or encased in frozen water: ice-covered roads, an ice-covered lake, ice-covered branches after the storm.
The term appears frequently in weather reports, travel advisories, and descriptions of winter landscapes.
Having a surface layer
- sheathedEnclosed in covering
- glazedCoated with shiny finish
- encrustedCovered with hard layer
- cladWearing outer covering
wrapped · layered · blanketed · sealed · armored · shellacked · veneered · rimed
Thin ice coating
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
crystalline · slippery · glaze · rime · hoarfrost · black ice · freezing · solidified
Slow-moving ice mass
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- icecapPermanent polar covering
- crevasseDeep glacial fissure
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
calving · firn · serac · icefield · icefall · cirque · esker · drumlin
Confined by winter weather
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- flurryBrief burst of activity
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
- frozen lakeWinter-hardened body of water
skating · treacherous · windswept · snowdrift · icy road · frozen pond · winter storm · cold snap
coated
Having a surface layer
clad · wrapped · layered · blanketed · sealed · armored · shellacked · veneered · rimed · frosted
frost
Thin ice coating
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
subzero · crystalline · slippery · glaze · rime · hoarfrost · black ice · freezing · solidified · cryosphere
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
moraine · calving · firn · serac · icefield · icefall · cirque · esker · drumlin · ablation
snowbound
Confined by winter weather
frozen lake · skating · treacherous · windswept · snowdrift · icy road · frozen pond · winter storm · cold snap · January