containment

containment is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is contained; the extent; the substance. Face value is 15 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.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which is contained; the extent; the substance.
2. noun. the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

   "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"

   "the containment of the rebellion"

3. noun. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
4. noun. a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully

   "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

Common word forms

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Words from these letters

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