confineˈment noun

1. The state of being shut up
2. Restraint
3. Imprisonment
4. The time during which a woman is confined to bed during labour and immediately after giving birth
5. Another name for containment (see under contain; nuclear eng)

confinˈer noun

confinˈing adjective

1. Bordering
2. Limiting

be confined

1. To be limited
2. To be imprisoned
3. (of a woman) to go through the process of childbirth

contain /kən-tānˈ/

1. To have within, enclose
2. To comprise, include
3. To restrain
4. To keep fixed
5. To hold back
6. To keep in check
7. To retain (archaic)
8. To be divisible by (a number) with no remainder (mathematics)

containˈable adjective

containˈer noun

1. Something that contains goods, etc for storage
2. A large box-like receptacle of standard shape and size in which goods are enclosed for transport on a lorry, train or ship
3. A vessel for holding gas

containerizāˈtion or containerisāˈtion noun

containˈerize or containˈerise transitive verb

1. To put (freight) into standard sealed containers
2. To use such containers for (eg a transport operation)
3. To convert so as to handle containers

containˈment noun

1. The act of containing
2. The act or policy of preventing the spread beyond certain limits of a power or influence regarded as hostile, by means other than war
3. The successful result of this
4. (also confinement) in fusion, the use of shaped magnetic fields or of inertial confinement to contain a plasma (nuclear eng)

container crane noun

A very large bridge-type quayside crane for handling large containers

container port noun

A port equipped for handling containers

container ship noun

A ship designed for the most efficient stowing and transport of containers

container terminal noun

A port, railway station, etc, or part of one, set aside and equipped for handling containers

containment building noun

A structure enclosing a nuclear reactor, designed to withstand high pressure and temperatures and to contain the escape of radiation