constriction

constriction is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
2. noun. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
3. noun. the action or process of compressing
4. noun. a tight feeling in some part of the body

   "he felt a constriction in her chest"

   "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"

   Synonyms: tightness

5. noun. tight or narrow compression

   Synonyms: coarctation

6. noun. a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

   Synonyms: bottleneck, chokepoint

Synonyms

tightness, coarctation, bottleneck, chokepoint

Common word forms

constrictions

Words from these letters

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