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Meaning of lock-down

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lock-down

noun

Definitions

  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 pandemic, etc.

  2. A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.