adjective
Etymology
Origin of icebound
Example Sentences
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This January, temperatures in Nuuk hovered at an unseasonably balmy 50 degrees Fahrenheit on some days, WSJ’s Max Colchester and Daniel Michaels write in this dispatch from Greenland’s icebound capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
The icebound river landscape may be at least 34 million years old, meaning that it would date to right before ice encrusted Antarctica.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
As diphtheria - a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection - spread among Nome's people, its port was icebound, meaning antitoxin would have to be delivered overland.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023
Winters, we can look across the vast eastward miles, and regard with pity the icebound, housebound millions in the manacles of winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
When the American ships became icebound, the brave crew managed to survive nine months at –40°F. They found three British graves, but not Sir Franklin’s.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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