STORMBOUND

stormbound

(adjective) delayed or confined or cut off by a storm; “the airport was filled with stormbound passengers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

stormbound (not comparable)

(of a ship) Caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 January 2025

OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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