Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prison-bound

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
pris-on-bound
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Destined for prison, by leading a life of crime.

adj

Incarcerated.

Inflected Forms

more prison-bound (comparative) most prison-bound (superlative)

Questions

What does prison-bound mean?
Destined for prison, by leading a life of crime.

How to pronounce prison-bound

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