Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterbound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-bound
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surrounded by water; restricted from movement because of water.

adj

Restricted to water.

adj

Reinforced with water.

Example Sentences

"Waterbound on a stranger's shore / River, rising to my door / Carried my home to the field below / I was waterbound, nowhere to go"
"Waterbound transportation could well gain a significant boost in interest from industry, and become a competitive alternative for road and rail transportation, not only by reducing travel time but also by offering accurate estimates of the expected traveltime for each ship."
"Waterbound macadam is an old construction technique originating with John Loudon McAdam. The single-sized coarse aggregate is placed and compacted separately on a prepared subbase before the voids are filled with fines, and the material is then compacted and slushed, hence the name waterbound macadam."

Etymology

From water + -bound.

Inflected Forms

water-bound (alternative)

Questions

What does waterbound mean?: Surrounded by water; restricted from movement because of water.
Where does waterbound come from?: From water + -bound.

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