contained

Restricted in space.

Adjective

  1. Restricted in space.
    • The brush fire is now contained: if it doesn't jump the lines, it will burn itself out.

Forms

more contained most contained

Hyponyms

self-contained

Derived

uncontained

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of contain
    • This box contained rat poison, now it contains a dead rat.
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