adjective
Etymology
Origin of icebound
Example Sentences
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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
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
When he writes that one of the icebound scientists was “mesmerized by its character; its power; its spectacular unsettling sounds — sometimes cracking like gunfire, sometimes shrieking as it split and cleaved,” we understand the fascination.
From New York Times
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
Aside from a few technical glitches involving the two submersibles, and part of a day spent icebound when operations were suspended, the search proceeded relatively smoothly.
From New York Times
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