See Also: Confinement(medicine)
confinement(dictionary)
confinement(dictionary)
solitary confinement(dictionary)
magnetic confinement(medicine)
Home Confinement(law)
electrostatic confinement(medicine)
confinement time(medicine)
classical confinement(medicine)
energy confinement time(medicine)

confinement (oh)



[U] formal the act of putting someone in a room, prison etc that they are not allowed to leave, or the state of being there
::They were held in confinement for three weeks.
::He visited prisoners at their place of confinement.
-see also solitary confinement
[U and C] old-fashioned or formal the time when a woman gives birth to a baby
::the pros and cons of home versus hospital confinement