Definition of Confinement in English :

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Confinement meaning in English

Meaning of Confinement in English

Pronunciation of Confinement in English

Confinement pronunciation in English

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Confinement

see synonyms of confinement

Noun

1. childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

Example Sentences:
'she was in labor for six hours'

2. confinement

the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

3. confinement

the state of being confined

Example Sentences:
'he was held in confinement'

4. confinement, restriction

the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Example Sentences:
'the restriction of the infection to a focal area'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Confinement

see synonyms of confinement
noun
1. 
the act of confining or the state of being confined
2. 
the period from the onset of labour to the birth of a child
3. physics another name for containment (sense 3)

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Confinement

see synonyms of confinement
noun
a confining or being confined
; specif.,
a. 
imprisonment
b. 
limitation; restriction; restraint
c. 
childbirth; lying-in

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Confinement

see synonyms of confinement
n.
1. The act of confining or the state of being confined.
2. Lying-in.

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