NOUN | act | lockdown | the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) |
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Sounds | laa'kdaw.n | |
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Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... |
Meaning | The act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot). | |
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Broader | imprisonment, internment | The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) |
Catalan | confinament |
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