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root-bound

root-bound is the alternative form of rootbound.

Meaning of rootbound

Adjective

rootbound (comparative more rootbound, superlative most rootbound)

  1. Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled.
    Synonyms:
    potbound

Forms of root-bound

comparativemore root-bound
superlativemost root-bound

Questions about root-bound

What is root-bound the alternative form of?
Root-bound is the alternative form of rootbound.

Words near root-bound in the dictionary

  1. root zone
  2. root zones
  3. root-and-branch
  4. root-and-brancher
  5. root-and-branchers
  6. root-bound
  7. root-cause
  8. root-caused
  9. root-causes
  10. root-causing
  11. root-fallen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: root-bound (page history and authors); rootbound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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