Icebound
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Icebound is an adjective meaning Completely surrounded by ice and therefore unable to move.
Meaning
Completely surrounded by ice and therefore unable to move.
Example Sentences
KGB had always been on the lookout for hard facts, but then reported those facts to people besotted with a dream, who then bent the truth in the service of that dream. When the truth had finally broken through, the dream had suddenly evaporated like a cloud of steam in a high wind, and reality had poured in like the flood following the breakup of an icebound river in springtime.
Synonyms for icebound
Depending on context, synonyms include frozen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frozen, ice-free, icefree, ice-cold, boatbound, fogbound.
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