Wiktionary
n. (context linguistics English) a unit of language that can be only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own (such as the English suffix -ly)
WordNet
n. a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns [syn: bound morpheme]
Usage examples of "bound form".
Karim Singh stared at him as though fascinated by the blood welling up in his mouth and the convulsions that wracked his bound form.
He pointed at the bound form huddled on the blanket he had thrown across the floor.
He checked the weapon over and brought it up to point at the bound form of Nivome the Rolny.
He hefted the bound form of the serving girl to his shoulder and walked out through the door.
His bound form would be found when the advance guard started ahead.
Sleeping pads were spread against the walls, Boumour and Igan on two of them foot to foot, the bound form of Svengaard on another, two of the pads empty.