ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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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