Download the app
educalingo
strikebound

Meaning of "strikebound" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF STRIKEBOUND

ˈstraɪkˌbaʊnd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRIKEBOUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Strikebound is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STRIKEBOUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Strikebound

Strikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal. The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category. Strikebound is the dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.

Definition of strikebound in the English dictionary

The definition of strikebound in the dictionary is closed or made inoperative by a strike.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STRIKEBOUND

casebound · clothbound · earthbound · eastbound · fogbound · hardbound · hidebound · housebound · icebound · inbound · ironbound · leatherbound · northbound · outbound · paperbound · snowbound · soft-bound · southbound · spellbound · westbound

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRIKEBOUND

strike it rich · strike note · strike off · strike off the roll · strike oil · strike out · strike pay · strike pay dirt · strike the flag · strike the right note · strike through · strike tone · strike up · strike while the iron is hot · strike-breaking · strike-slip fault · strikebreaker · strikeout · strikeover · striker

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRIKEBOUND

abound · airbound · bound · college-bound · desk-bound · disbound · duty-bound · egg-bound · half-bound · homebound · homeward bound · honour-bound · I´ll be bound · muscle-bound · on the rebound · quarter-bound · rebound · rock-bound · to the ground · unbound · wheelchair-bound

Synonyms and antonyms of strikebound in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «strikebound» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF STRIKEBOUND

Find out the translation of strikebound to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of strikebound from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «strikebound» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

strikebound
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

strikebound
570 millions of speakers
en

English

strikebound
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

हड़ताल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

strikebound
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

забастовкой
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

strikebound
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

strikebound
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

strikebound
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Strikebound
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

bestreikt
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

strikebound
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

strikebound
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Strikebound
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

strikebound
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

strikebound
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्ट्राउटबाउंड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

grev yüzünden felç olmuş
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

strikebound
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

strikebound
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

страйком
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

strikebound
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

strikebound
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strikebound
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strikebound
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strikebound
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of strikebound

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRIKEBOUND»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of strikebound
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «strikebound».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about strikebound

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRIKEBOUND»

Discover the use of strikebound in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to strikebound and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Analytical Writing and Thinking Instructor's Manual: Facing ...
The strikebound air line advertised and publicly announced Eb openings for new pilots to fly its planes and aircraft so it could start a rebuilding program. A. The strikebound air line advertised and publicly announced job openings for new pilots ...
Myra J. Linden, Arthur Whimbey, 2013
2
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
strikebound. stringy. prolonged refusal to engage in a regular or expected activity , such as eating, in order to make some kind of a protest n went on hunger strike. 4 a military attack, especially one that is carried out by aircraft D a preemptive ...
Allied
3
LIFE
'HIGH. NOON'. IN. A. STRIKEBOUND. TOWN. hedkoom beauties. Velon headboard has panel for inserting bedspread fabric. STRIKEBOUND TOWN PROVIDES "HIGH NOON" TENSION.
4
Wool-Gathering or How I Ended Analysis
Wool-Gathering or How I Ended Analysis is a personal and humorous account of the last month of personal psychoanalysis, principally Lacanian in orientation, taking place in a frenetic and strikebound Paris.
Dan Gunn, 2014
5
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
which workers vote, often secretly, on whether to strike or not: Union leaders will today reveal the results ofa strike ballot. o hold/call for a strike ballot Workers are due to hold a strike ballot in the New Year strikebound /'strarkbaond/ adjective ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011
6
Air landing at the Pole
strikebound. animals. As the Air Force was feeling pleased about its polar landing, a far different airlift in the interest of science was taking place near New York City. At Pearl River, N.Y. a Piper Cub loaded with bread, bedding and greens ...
7
Robert Koehler’s The Strike: The Improbable Story of an ...
A. Strikebound. Debut,. a. Conflicting. Reception,. a. Paris. Interlude. Early Exhibitions, 1886–89. T. he Strike's checkered reception throughout its exhibition history ranges from intolerance of the painting's subject matter to enthusiastic ...
James M. Dennis, 2011
8
Australian film: a bibliography
'Producing Strikebound: An interview with Miranda Bain.' Filmviews, No. 121, September 1984, p.28-29. (Stills) 13252 Brown, Robert. 'Strikebound.' Monthly Film Bulletin, V. 52, No. 614, March 1985, p.91-92. (Review) 13253 Ciment, Michel.
Brian Reis, 1997
9
Time Out Film Guide
Strikebound. ly voyeuristic camerawork), this is an impressive achieve- (1983, Aust, 100 min) ment. Bell and his team clearly gained the confidence of d Richard Lowenstein. p Miranda Bain, Timothy White. sc Richard Lowenstein. ph Andrew ...
John Pym, 2010
10
Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of ...
First published in 1977 (Columbia University Press), and reissued here in paperback with a new foreword by Louis Fisher, this book remains the definitive account of the Steel Seizure incident and its political and legal ramifications.
Maeva Marcus, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRIKEBOUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term strikebound is used in the context of the following news items.
1
VIDEO Arran ferry strikebound as union escalates action to 24-hour …
VIDEO Arran ferry strikebound as union escalates action to 24-hour walk out. Published: 26 Jun 2015 14:300 comments. THERE will be no sailings from ... «Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Jun 15»
2
People Without Papers
New York is suffering a news blackout with nine major newspapers strikebound. Seven craft unions, led by the International Typographical Union, struck at four ... «WNYC, Mar 13»
3
Carol Burns' success across Australian screens and stages
Carol was a founding member of the Queensland Theatre Company and her film appearances include Starstruck, Strikebound and Bad Blood. She has won ... «ABC Online, Oct 11»
4
Vale Inco mulls deep cuts at Sudbury mine
Brazilian mining giant Vale Inco wants to cut staff at its strikebound operations in Sudbury by as much as 50 per cent and overhaul workplace practices ... «Toronto Star, Jan 10»
5
Scrooge is alive and well and working for Superdrug
Scrooge is alive and well and working for Superdrug as a "human relations" executive at its strikebound distribution depot in west Yorkshire. In the run up to ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 09»
6
Enough with this union monopoly of the public sector: Time to …
In a competitive, globalized world, there is little room for the rigid work rules, prohibition from rewarding superior employee performance, strikebound production ... «Globe and Mail, Jul 09»
7
Scott Pilgrim vs. Our Cameras
... on Brian Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series—involves melting snow, which has been spread liberally along the sidewalks and even on top of a strikebound, ... «Torontoist, Jul 09»
8
5000 York U. students return, feeling torn
The return of 5,000 students to York University's strikebound campus yesterday did little to appease finance professor Kee-Hong Bae. "It's ridiculous," Bae said of ... «Toronto Star, Jan 09»
9
Clive Barnes, 81, not your typical dance reviewer
He's the young son of a coal miner in strikebound Thatcher-era Northern England, and you can't get much more working class than that. As for Clive, who left us ... «The Villager, Nov 08»
10
Student protests over 'Anglo-Saxon' job laws
More than half of France's 84 state universities are strikebound or engulfed by demonstrators. Amid gathering unrest on the streets, President Jacques Chirac ... «The Age, Mar 06»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Strikebound [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/strikebound>. Jun 2026 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN