English Explanatory Dictionary

lockdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
  2. A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/ /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lockdown.wav En-us-lockdown.ogg

Word forms

lockdown lockdowns lock-down

Etymology

Deverbal from lock down.

Related words

curfew shelter-in-place stay-at-home order

Derived words

antilockdown anti-lockdown end lockdown lift lockdown lockdown browser lockdowner lockdownism lockdownist locktail locky D postlockdown prelockdown pro-lockdown prolockdown
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