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stormbound

stormbound adjective: caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.

Adjective

stormbound (not comparable)

  1. Caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.
    • When he and the boy fished together they usually spoke only when it was necessary. They talked at night or when they were storm-bound by bad weather.1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 39

Origin of stormbound

From storm + bound.

Questions about stormbound

What does stormbound mean?
Stormbound means caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.
What part of speech is stormbound?
Stormbound is an adjective.

Words near stormbound in the dictionary

  1. storm-wracked
  2. stormable
  3. Stormare
  4. stormbird
  5. stormbirds
  6. stormbound
  7. stormbringer
  8. Stormbrook
  9. stormchaser
  10. stormchasers
  11. stormcloud

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