weather-bound
- adjective
- Specialized
:
atrapado por el mal tiempo
- Our flight was weather-bound and couldn't take off until the next morning.
Examples
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The hikers were weather-bound in their cabin for two days during the storm.
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The flight was weather-bound due to heavy snow.
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After hours of being weather-bound, the children grew restless and bored.
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We are weather-bound!
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The hikers were weather-bound in their cabin for two days during the storm.
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Our flight was weather-bound and couldn't take off until the next morning.
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After hours of being weather-bound, the children grew restless and bored.
Synonyms
9
3.4
Not able to leave a place because heavy snow blocks the roads
4
5.2
Unable to leave a place because heavy snow blocks roads
Unable to leave a place because of a storm
Land made hard and frozen so people and vehicles cannot pass
Antonyms
How Confined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Weather-bound comes from the parts weather (the outdoor conditions) and bound meaning 'tied' or 'kept in one place'. So, if you are weather-bound you are held back or delayed by the weather and cannot travel or move on.