confinement
/kənˈfaɪnmənt/noun3 syllables
Confinement means: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.
Synonyms for confinement8
noun, as in concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
noun, as in the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
What does confinement mean?4
noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child“she was in labor for six hours”
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)“the restriction of the infection to a focal area”
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
the state of being confined“he was held in confinement”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with confinement?4
three syllables
Confinement in a sentence
- Argentina will break the record for the longest, and also the most restrictive, confinement.carlosalberto
- Dan was released from solitary confinement after spending a month in the dark.Amastan
- His sentence of solitary confinement permanently ruined his life.swolesuki
- He received her letters amidst the loneliness of solitary confinement.kittles
- The usual date of churching was the fortieth day after confinement.remline
- Thus the days of my confinement dragged on.AlanF_US
- During the confinement, the Parisians discovered the song of the birds.carlosalberto
- The warden sent Dan back to solitary confinement.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of confinement
as a noun
- plural
- confinements