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Definition of "icebound" [ice•bound]

  • Locked in or covered over by ice. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "icebound" in a sentence
  • "The agency says two other ships icebound since January 4 have been freed."
  • "Their icebound mocassins were sadly worn by much travel, and the sharp ice of the river jams had cut them to rags."
  • "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."