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shipbound

shipbound adjective: in a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave.

Adjective

shipbound (not comparable)

  1. in a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave.

Origin of shipbound

From ship + bound.

Questions about shipbound

What does shipbound mean?
Shipbound means in a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave.
What part of speech is shipbound?
Shipbound is an adjective.

Words near shipbound in the dictionary

  1. Shipageddon
  2. Shipaulovi
  3. shipboard
  4. shipboards
  5. shipborne
  6. shipbound
  7. Shipbourne
  8. shipboy
  9. shipboys
  10. shipbreaker
  11. shipbreakers

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