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wheelchairbound

wheelchairbound adjective: needing a wheelchair consistently (as contrasted with using one sometimes but not always).

Adjective

wheelchairbound (not comparable)

  1. Needing a wheelchair consistently (as contrasted with using one sometimes but not always).
    • Near-synonym: chairbound
    Synonyms:
    chairbound

Synonyms of wheelchairbound

Forms of wheelchairbound

alternative formwheelchair-bound

Origin of wheelchairbound

From wheelchair + -bound.

Questions about wheelchairbound

What does wheelchairbound mean?
Wheelchairbound means needing a wheelchair consistently (as contrasted with using one sometimes but not always).
What part of speech is wheelchairbound?
Wheelchairbound is an adjective.

Words near wheelchairbound in the dictionary

  1. wheelchair user
  2. wheelchair users
  3. wheelchair-bound
  4. wheelchair-user
  5. wheelchair-users
  6. wheelchairbound
  7. wheelchaired
  8. wheelchairing
  9. wheelchairs
  10. wheelclamping
  11. wheelcraft

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