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homebound
1[ hohm-bound ]
homebound
2[ hohm-bound ]
adjective
- confined to one's home, especially because of illness.
Word History and Origins
Origin of homebound1
Origin of homebound2
Example Sentences
And the library caters to homebound patrons with a program linking them with neighbors who can pick up and drop off materials.
Sometimes the meal deliveries offer the only human contact for these homebound seniors, who otherwise could be forgotten if not for the staff and volunteers.
I regularly send meals to my mother’s friends who are homebound or unwell.
The need to make do is familiar to delivery workers who worked through the pandemic, when restaurants stopped serving customers on-site and homebound New Yorkers relied heavily on delivery.
He told Sight and Sound magazine in a cover story published Monday that as a result, “I’m homebound whether I like it nor not.”
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