Quarantine

Quick meaning: Quarantine is a noun meaning A period of 40 days, particularly.

Meaning

A period of 40 days, particularly.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
2. A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
3. (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
4. (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
5. A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
6. (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
7. (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.

Example Sentences

The tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague.

The lady stared; but a single question elicited the fatal truth—the vessel was under quarantine, and once on board there was no quitting it.

This dreadful malady might be annihilated by making all the dogs in Great Britain perform a kind of quarantine, by shutting them up for a certain number of weeks.

From Toulon... Our Gallyes which were upon the point of finishing their Quarantaine, and entering into this Port, have been hindred from it by th'arrival of three others that were out a roaming.

Word Forms

• quarantines
• quarentine
• quarantin
• quaranteen
• quarantain
• quarantaine
• quarrentine
• quarantene
• quarentene
• quarentyne
• quarantining
• quarantined

Synonyms for quarantine

Depending on context, synonyms include lazaret, lazaretto, restrict.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include segregation, confinement, inspection, lockdown, segregated, isolate.

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