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culture-bound

culture-bound adjective: confined to a specific human culture.

Adjective

culture-bound (comparative more culture-bound, superlative most culture-bound)

  1. Confined to a specific human culture.

Forms of culture-bound

comparativemore culture-bound
superlativemost culture-bound

Questions about culture-bound

What does culture-bound mean?
Culture-bound means confined to a specific human culture.
What part of speech is culture-bound?
Culture-bound is an adjective.

Words near culture-bound in the dictionary

  1. culture vultures
  2. culture war
  3. culture warrior
  4. culture warriors
  5. culture wars
  6. culture-bound
  7. culture-fair
  8. culture-god
  9. culture-gods
  10. culture-hero
  11. culture-heroes

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