Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - -bound

1. -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe a person who finds it impossible or very difficult to leave the specified place. Andrew has been left wheelchair-bound after the accident... I’m pretty desk-bound, which is very frustrating. COMB in ADJ 2. -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe a place that is greatly affected by the specified type of weather. Three people were hurt in a 12-car pile up on a fog-bound motorway yesterday. COMB in ADJ 3. -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe something or someone that is prevented from working properly or is badly affected by the specified situation. (WRITTEN) ...the somewhat tradition-bound officers of the navy. COMB in ADJ 4. see also duty-bound, muscle-bound