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HOMEBOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homebound mean?
• HOMEBOUND (noun)
The noun HOMEBOUND has 1 sense:
1. people who are confined to their homes
Familiarity information: HOMEBOUND used as a noun is very rare.
• HOMEBOUND (adjective)
The adjective HOMEBOUND has 1 sense:
1. confined usually by illness
Familiarity information: HOMEBOUND used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who are confined to their homes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("homebound" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Meronyms (members of "homebound"):
invalid; shut-in (someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury)
Derivation:
homebound (confined usually by illness)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Confined usually by illness
Synonyms:
homebound; housebound; shut-in
Similar:
confined (not free to move about)
Derivation:
homebound (people who are confined to their homes)
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