Confined

Word CONFINED
Character 8
Hyphenation confined
Pronunciations /kənˈfaɪnd/

Definitions and meanings of "Confined"

What do we mean by confined?

To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.

To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Confined

The word "confined" in example sentences

Going into what we call confined area landing sites -- CALS -- which is precisely what I was talking about, that last meter of dry land and that rooftop. ❋ ITY National Archives (1999)

Kisumu or Port Florence (a term confined to the harbour) is a flourishing town built on a hill overlooking Victoria Nyanza. ❋ Various (N/A)

Once a term confined to the personal-speak of high-minded tech geeks and derided by critics as a bogus marketing ploy, cloud computing today is arguably the hottest trend sweeping the information technology industry sector, investors, analysts and entrepreneurs say. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Albert Holland is a psychologist for NASA who's worked with astronauts in confined spaces like the International Space Station. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the lessons of Chile's nitrate boom and bust, which helped spur worker rights movements, should not remain confined to the desert. ❋ Stacy Torres (2010)

And it may be true that the "discipline" -- literature as submitted to the protocols and conventions of academic inquiry -- can't remain "confined" to the question of aesthetic beauty, but this is a problem not for literature per se but for the subject "literature" as it is defined within the academic curriculum. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Strict protocol should be followed when humans are working in confined areas in the presence of CO2 gas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Granted, many fantasies take place in confined cultural spaces — a single small kingdom in a Europeanish milieu, maybe a single city or castle within that city. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Avoid being in confined areas with smokers: riding in cars, public places, home. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In this tale, a society is again confined to a strange, dark place with very odd rules. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would hate to know that it is grown in confined quarters, shackled, and hidden from direct light just so that it can be sliced up and served with baby onions, baby carrots, baby corn, and veal. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2009)

The dalas and castillos in confined masonry wall construction are not designed to act as a load-bearing frame, but instead to improve the earthquake resistance of masonry walls. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Although this frame is likely to be much more substantial than the dalas and castillos used in confined masonry, it may appear to have the same function. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To entertain confined patients, the committee arranged weekly moving picture shows. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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