shut-in
/ˈʃʌtˌɪn/
shut-in adjective: confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
Adjective
shut-in (not comparable)
Noun
shut-in (plural shut-ins)
- A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
- He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
- A narrow river gorge confined by resistant rock layers; a type of rock formation in which a stream is confined to a narrow bed of resistant stone.
- A shut-in is a geological feature similar to a gorge that “shuts-in” the river.2024 January 16 (last accessed), Missouri Department of Natural Resources, “Swimming at Johnson's Shut-ins State Park”, in Missouri State Parks, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2024
shut-in meaning in Tamil and Bengali
shut-in in Tamil
- வீட்டை விட்டு அகலமுடியாத, ஏலா நோயாள், அடைக்கப்பட்ட
shut-in in Bengali
- কোনো স্থানে আবদ্ধ, অসুস্থতার কারণে, কোনো স্থানে আবদ্ধ ব্যক্তি, অক্ষমতার কারণে
Forms of shut-in
| plural | shut-ins |
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Origin of shut-in
Deverbal from shut in.
Questions about shut-in
- What does shut-in mean?
- Shut-in means confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
- What is shut-in in Tamil?
- Shut-in in Tamil is வீட்டை விட்டு அகலமுடியாத, ஏலா நோயாள், அடைக்கப்பட்ட. See Shut-in meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shut-in?
- Shut-in can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shut-in?
- Shut-in is pronounced /ˈʃʌtˌɪn/.
Words near shut-in in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shut-in (page history and authors); shut-in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shut-in (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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