icebound

[ ahys-bound ]

/ ˈaɪsˌbaʊnd /

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adjective

held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.

obstructed or shut off by ice: an icebound harbor.

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Origin of icebound

First recorded in 1650–60; ice + -bound¹

Words nearby icebound

iceblink, ice block, ice blue, iceboat, iceboater, icebound, icebox, icebox cake, icebreaker, ice bridge, ice bucket

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How to use icebound in a sentence

This may be owing to the soft brook banks and their aquatic life, when the rest of the fields are icebound.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson
When spring comes smiling o'er the earth, she breathes on the icebound waters, and they flow anew.
The Path of Duty, and Other Stories|H. S. Caswell
In this Arctic expedition he underwent the experiences common to all who tempt those icebound seas.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The thaw was over, there had been a spell of cold weather, and Deerfield was icebound.
The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound|Laura Lee Hope

Noon saw the traveller in an “up-and-down” country intersected by icebound streams and snow-laden hollows.
The Hound From The North|Ridgwell Cullum

British Dictionary definitions for icebound

icebound

/ (ˈaɪsˌbaʊnd) /

adjective

covered or made immobile by ice; frozen inan icebound ship

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Origin of icebound

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