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home·bound 1

 (hōm′bound′)
adj.
Moving or traveling homeward.
[home + bound.]

home·bound 2

 (hōm′bound′)
adj.
Restricted or confined to home: homebound invalids.
[home + bound.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

homebound

(ˈhəʊmˈbaʊnd)
adj
going home
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

home•bound1

(ˈhoʊmˈbaʊnd)

adj.
going home: homebound traffic.

home•bound2

(ˈhoʊmˌbaʊnd)

adj.
confined to one's home.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.homebound - people who are confined to their homes
people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
invalid, shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
Adj.1.homebound - confined usually by illness
housebound, shut-in
confined - not free to move about
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Translations

homebound

[ˈhəʊmbaʊnd] ADJ the homebound traveller → el viajero que vuelve a or se dirige a casa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

homebound

adj incapaz de salir de la casa (debido a debilidad)
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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