homebound
Being on one's way home: being homeward boundBeing on one's way home: being homeward bound.
» During the holiday season, the center's volunteers serve up meals-on-wheels, feeding homebound seniors and the homeless.
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2 senses(not comparable)Being on one's way home: being homeward bound.
auf dem Heimweg
(not comparable)Confined to one's home, unable to leave it for some reason.
confined usually by illness
Examples
2 sentencesDuring the holiday season, the center's volunteers serve up meals-on-wheels, feeding homebound seniors and the homeless.
Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver daily hot meals to adults over the age of 60 who are homebound.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From home + bound or home + -bound.From home + bound or home + -bound.
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- confined usually by illness:houseboundshut-in
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.