Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Delayed or confined due to adverse weather conditions: Describes a person, vehicle, or activity that is prevented from proceeding or is forced to remain in a place because of bad weather such as storms, heavy snow, fog, or high winds.

Usage

• The adjective weather-bound is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'be', 'become', 'remain').
• It describes a temporary state caused by external weather conditions.

Examples

• Attributive use:
  • The weather-bound passengers grew increasingly anxious for news about their flight.
  • The weather-bound ship waited in the harbor for the storm to pass.
• Predicative use:
  • We were weather-bound in a small mountain hut for two days.
  • The construction crew became weather-bound and couldn't pour the concrete.

Advanced Usage

• "to be weather-bound": To be in a state of delay or confinement specifically because of the weather.
  • The climbers were weather-bound at base camp, unable to attempt the summit.
• "weather-bound state/condition": A situation characterized by this delay.
  • The airport announced a weather-bound condition, advising all travelers to check their flight status.

Variants and Related Words

• Weather delay (noun phrase): A postponement caused by weather.
  • All flights are subject to weather delays.
• Storm-bound (adjective): A more specific synonym, implying confinement due to a storm.
  • The storm-bound ferry canceled all trips.

Synonyms

• Storm-stayed: (chiefly literary) Delayed by a storm.
• Fogbound: Confined or hampered by fog.
• Snowbound: Confined or blocked by snow.

Antonyms

• Unimpeded: Not obstructed or delayed.
• Free to proceed: Able to continue without hindrance.

Adjective

1. delayed or shut in by bad weather
   • weather-bound traffic
   • irritable weather-bound children