: confined to the home
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April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Ramona Meals On Wheels is delivering meals to homebound seniors.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
Aster Aging delivered 2,000 additional meals for vulnerable, homebound senior citizens in the East Valley.
—Silvia Solis, AZCentral.com, 23 Nov. 2025
The organization supports older adults in New York City by providing health services like offering meals at their adult centers or delivering meals to seniors that are homebound.
—CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The group preached the gospel and prayed with members who were sick or otherwise homebound.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Ramona Meals On Wheels is delivering meals to homebound seniors.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
Aster Aging delivered 2,000 additional meals for vulnerable, homebound senior citizens in the East Valley.
—Silvia Solis, AZCentral.com, 23 Nov. 2025
The organization supports older adults in New York City by providing health services like offering meals at their adult centers or delivering meals to seniors that are homebound.
—CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for homebound
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“Homebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homebound. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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homebound
1 of 2 adjective
home·bound
ˈhōm-ˌbau̇nd 
: going or heading for home
homebound travelers
homebound
2 of 2 adjective
: confined to the home
was homebound with a broken foot
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