Definitions For Containment

noun

  • The act of containing; keeping something from spreading
  • (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
  • 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
  • The act of preventing the spread of something
  • Actions that are intended to keep an unfriendly government from getting more power

Is Containments a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
21

The word Containment is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Containment in a Sentence

  • The company's hazardous waste containment plan is being reviewed.
  • The government needs to adopt a containment strategy.

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