snow·bound

[snoh-bound]
adjective
shut in or immobilized by snow.

Origin:
1805–15; snow + -bound1

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snowbound (ˈsnəʊˌbaʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
confined to one place by heavy falls or drifts of snow; snowed-in

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Snowbound is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Example sentences
Portions of the region became snowbound due to a lack of snow removal equipment.
Two- thirds of the city's police cars were snowbound.
The highway may be in perfect condition one day and the next day it may be
  hopelessly snowbound.
We will make every effort to push back driveways and clear out snowbound cars.
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