housebound

🇺🇸 /ˈhaʊsbaʊnd/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhaʊsbaʊnd/
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adjective
R

Unable to leave your home because of illness or age.

After her surgery, she was housebound for several weeks.

R

People who cannot go outside their home.

The charity provides support for the housebound and the elderly.

translation

adj. Unable to leave your home because of illness or age.; People who cannot go outside their home.