Crossword clues for rootbound
The Collaborative International Dictionary
entangled \entangled\ adj.
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in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; knotted, snarled, snarly; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
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deeply involved especially in something problematic; as, entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net; ensnared.
WordNet
adj. of a potted plant; grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots [syn: potbound]
having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner
Usage examples of "rootbound".
She placed a rootbound philarose on the bench beside her, and closed her eyes, resting, meditating.
The doorways were clogged by rootbound earth that was as hard as cement.