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frostbound

frostbound adjective: bound or confined by frost.

Adjective

frostbound (not comparable)

  1. Bound or confined by frost.
    • For several weeks—months in some cases—routine track repair work came to a standstill because of the frostbound condition of the formation, or through other circumstances which precluded relaying, drainage and other operations.1964 April, Warren Smith, “The Midland's accelerated timetable—the first year—II”, in Modern Railways, page 243

Origin of frostbound

From frost + bound.

Questions about frostbound

What does frostbound mean?
Frostbound means bound or confined by frost.
What part of speech is frostbound?
Frostbound is an adjective.

Words near frostbound in the dictionary

  1. frostbit
  2. frostbite
  3. frostbites
  4. frostbiting
  5. frostbitten
  6. frostbound
  7. frostbow
  8. frostbows
  9. Frostburg
  10. frostburn
  11. frostburned

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