shut-in
noun 2adj 1
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geological
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adj
1
Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
noun
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.
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He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
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A shut-in is a geological feature similar to a gorge that “shuts-in” the river.
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