Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Locked in or covered over by ice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obstructed by ice; frozen in; surrounded or hemmed in by ice, so as to prevent progress or approach: as, an ice-bound ship; ice-bound coasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; ; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective completely surrounded by
ice and therefore unmoveable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective locked in by ice
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Examples
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MOSCOW mdash; A Russian icebreaker labored Monday through howling winds and heavy snow as it tried to reach icebound ships in the Sea of Okhotsk...
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In deep, dark blues and fiery russets, his wild, icebound vistas look almost cold enough to burn.
This week's new exhibitions Robert Clark 2010
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MOSCOW AP A Russian icebreaker is laboring through howling winds and heavy snow as it tries to reach icebound ships in the Sea of Okhotsk where more than 500 seamen are trapped.
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MOSCOW — A Russian icebreaker labored Monday through howling winds and heavy snow as it tried to reach icebound ships in the Sea of Okhotsk where more than 500 seamen are trapped.
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MOSCOW mdash; A Russian icebreaker labored Monday through howling winds and heavy snow as it tried to reach icebound ships in the Sea of Okhotsk...
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He removed her icebound moccasins while he listened to her tale, and stuck the point of his knife into her feet that he might see how far they were frozen.
The Wife of a King 2010
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Their icebound mocassins were sadly worn by much travel, and the sharp ice of the river jams had cut them to rags.
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The agency says two other ships icebound since January 4 have been freed.
Russia Sends Additional Icebreaker to Free Icebound Ships 2011
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He removed her icebound moccasins while he listened to her tale, and stuck the point of his knife into her feet that he might see how far they were frozen.
The Wife of a King 2010
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MOSCOW — A Russian icebreaker labored Monday through howling winds and heavy snow as it tried to reach icebound ships in the Sea of Okhotsk where more than 500 seamen are trapped.
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