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icebound - 3 dictionary results

ice⋅bound

[ahys-bound]
–adjective
1. held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
2. obstructed or shut off by ice: an icebound harbor.

Origin:
1650–60; ice + -bound 1
ice·bound   (īs'bound')   
adj.  Locked in or covered over by ice.

Icebound

Ice"bound`\, a. Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
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