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cellbound

cellbound adjective: confined to a prison cell.

Adjective

cellbound (not comparable)

  1. Confined to a prison cell.
    • Hardly a typical biopic, “Bronson” more or less takes place inside the head of its cellbound antihero (played by Tom Hardy), who also serves as the story’s narrator, appearing on a spotlighted stage as a sinister M.C. in burlesque makeup.2009 October 4, Dennis Lim, “Looking at an Inmate, Seeing an Artist”, in New York Times

Origin of cellbound

From cell + bound.

Questions about cellbound

What does cellbound mean?
Cellbound means confined to a prison cell.
What part of speech is cellbound?
Cellbound is an adjective.

Words near cellbound in the dictionary

  1. cellarwomen
  2. cellary
  3. Cellas
  4. cellblock
  5. cellblocks
  6. cellbound
  7. cellco
  8. cellcos
  9. Celle
  10. celled
  11. celled up

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