COCOONED


Meaning of COCOONED in English

1.

If someone is ~ in blankets or clothes, they are completely wrapped in them.

She is comfortably ~ in pillows.

...my snugly ~ baby sleeping in his pram.

ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ in n

2.

If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are isolated and protected from everyday life and problems.

She was ~ in a private world of privilege...

They were ~ from the experience of poverty.

= cloistered

ADJ: oft ADJ in/from n

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