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shut-ins

shut-ins is the plural of shut-in.

Meaning of shut-in

Noun

shut-in (plural shut-ins)

  1. A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
    • He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
  2. 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

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Questions about shut-ins

What is shut-ins the plural of?
Shut-ins is the plural of shut-in.

Words near shut-ins in the dictionary

  1. shut up shop
  2. shut-down
  3. shut-downs
  4. shut-eye
  5. shut-in
  6. shut-ins
  7. shut-off
  8. shut-offs
  9. shut-up
  10. shutdown
  11. shutdowns

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