frostbound.

Frozen, or made inaccessible or difficult to use by severe frost.

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Words that belong together

• frostbound ground
• frostbound landscape

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The frostbound ground resisted every blow of the spade.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.