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cocooner

cocooner noun: a person who is most comfortable staying at home.

Noun

cocooner (plural cocooners)

  1. (colloquial) A person who is most comfortable staying at home.
    • Lastly, there is a move among the "cocooners" of the '90s to shopping by computer—ordering groceries with modems for delivery to their front doors.1995, Gourmet News, volume 60, page 101

Forms of cocooner

pluralcocooners

Origin of cocooner

From cocoon + -er.

Questions about cocooner

What does cocooner mean?
Cocooner means a person who is most comfortable staying at home.
What part of speech is cocooner?
Cocooner is a noun.
What is the plural of cocooner?
The plural of cocooner is cocooners.

Words near cocooner in the dictionary

  1. coconversions
  2. cocoon
  3. cocoonase
  4. cocoonases
  5. cocooned
  6. cocooner
  7. cocooneries
  8. cocooners
  9. cocoonery
  10. cocoonet
  11. cocooning

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