snowdrifted
Buried in powder
Snowdrifted describes something covered or shaped by snowdrifts—mounds of snow piled up by wind.
A snowdrifted road is blocked or buried.
A snowdrifted landscape has its features obscured beneath wind-sculpted banks of snow.
The word can suggest abandonment or isolation: The snowdrifted cabin hadn't seen visitors in weeks.
Placed beneath earth
- coveredHaving protection atop
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- impassableImpossible to traverse
- moundedFormed into a pile
piled · heaped · banked · engulfed · submerged · blanketed · inundated · stranded
Passage prevented or impeded
- impassableImpossible to traverse
- barricadedSealed off defensively
- stuckUnable to move
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
gridlocked · plowed · shoveled · cleared · dug-out · snowbound · detour · delayed
Violent prolonged snowstorm
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- nor'easterNortheastern coastal storm system
- flurryBrief burst of activity
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
gale · subzero · freezing · frigid · frostbite · hypothermia · icicles · frozen
Frigid treeless biome
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
wilderness · expanse · desolate · barren · windswept · undulating · contoured · white
Left without means to leave
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- cut-offSeparated or terminated
- houseboundUnable to leave home
- trappedUnable to escape
unreachable · inaccessible · secluded · remote · solitude · silence · stillness · waiting
buried
Placed beneath earth
- coveredHaving protection atop
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- impassableImpossible to traverse
mounded · piled · heaped · banked · engulfed · submerged · blanketed · inundated · stranded · trapped
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
- impassableImpossible to traverse
- barricadedSealed off defensively
- stuckUnable to move
stalled · gridlocked · plowed · shoveled · cleared · dug-out · snowbound · detour · delayed · abandoned
blizzard
Violent prolonged snowstorm
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- nor'easterNortheastern coastal storm system
- flurryBrief burst of activity
squall · gale · subzero · freezing · frigid · frostbite · hypothermia · icicles · frozen · bitter
tundra
Frigid treeless biome
fields · wilderness · expanse · desolate · barren · windswept · undulating · contoured · white · pristine
stranded
Left without means to leave
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- cut-offSeparated or terminated
- houseboundUnable to leave home
trapped · unreachable · inaccessible · secluded · remote · solitude · silence · stillness · waiting · provisions
snowdriftedpassable
Minimally sufficient quality
open · clear · accessible · traversable · unobstructed