What does containment mean?
Containment means (uncountable) The state of being contained..
Containment
/kənˈteɪnmənt/ · noun
Meaning
(uncountable) The state of being contained..
Definitions by Sense
- (uncountable) The state of being contained.
- (uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
- (obsolete, uncountable, countable) Something contained.
- (uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
- (countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
- (countable, mathematics) An inclusion.
Example Sentences
A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.
The containment of a rich man's estate.
Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back.
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Antonyms for containment
Related Words
Word Forms
- containments
Usage Notes
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A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.
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