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HOMEBOUND
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I. (noun)
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Confined usually by illness
Synonyms:
homebound; housebound; shut-in
Classified under:
Similar:
confined (not free to move about)
Derivation:
homebound (people who are confined to their homes)
