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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
housebound
adjective
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▪ Celie strived not to conform to a stereotyped henpecked housebound wife.
▪ Most months the elderly and housebound have a Mass and the Sacrament of the Sick in the Hall.
▪ Mr Carus said father-of-three Gavin had housebound parents.
▪ My advice to all housebound people?
▪ Outings and social events are also organised by the group for housebound people, using its own minibus.
▪ Perhaps she sometimes did, she replied - with sudden sideways glances - but she was far from being housebound.
▪ The visiting service is especially for the housebound, lonely or depressed.
▪ There must be many other ways of capitalizing in a creative way on the restrictions of being housebound.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
housebound

housebound \housebound\ adj. confined to the home, usually due to illness.

Syn: homebound, shut-in.

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Wiktionary
housebound

a. Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.

WordNet
housebound

adj. confined usually by illness [syn: homebound, shut-in]

Wikipedia
Housebound

Housebound is a 2014 New Zealand horror comedy film written, edited, and directed by Gerard Johnstone. It is his feature film directorial debut. The film had its world premiere on March 10, 2014, at South by Southwest and stars Morgana O'Reilly as a woman sentenced to house arrest in a potentially haunted house.

Usage examples of "housebound".

She knew that Magda had been the first to infiltrate the Guild of Renunciates, had even managed to take the Oath, and had quixotically insisted on keeping it, even to serving the full housebound time, which, before the creation of the Bridge Society, had been required in unmitigated form even of Terrans.

On the advice of the APG as well as Caleb, Cuiva was housebound and a rumour was circulated that she was suffering from some malady.

On the advice of the apg as well as caleb, cuiva was housebound and a rumor was circulated that she was suffering from some malady.