snowbound
pronunciation
How to pronounce snowbound in British English:
UK [ˈsnəʊbaʊnd]
How to pronounce snowbound in American English:
US [ˈsnoʊbaʊnd]
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- Adjective:
- confined or shut in by heavy snow
Word Origin
- snowbound (adj.)
- 1814, from snow (n.) + bound (adj.1).
Example
- 1. Half the country was snowbound .
- 2. Large areas of scotland and northern ireland are still snowbound .
- 3. They got snowbound one winter in the mountains .
- 4. And during the winter the whole land is snowbound .
- 5. Wasn 't it around here thatthe donner party got snowbound ?