English Explanatory Dictionary

shut-in

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
noun
  1. A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
  2. A narrow river gorge confined by resistant rock layers; a type of rock formation in which a stream is confined to a narrow bed of resistant stone.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃʌtˌɪn/

Word forms

shut-in shut-ins

Etymology

Deverbal from shut in.

Related words

housebound shutup
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