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confined adjective [ kənˈfʌɪnd ]

• (of a space) restricted in area or volume; cramped.
• "her fear of confined spaces"
Similar: cramped, constricted, restricted, limited, confining, small, narrow, compact, tight, pinched, squeezed, poky, uncomfortable, inadequate, meagre, strait, incommodious, exiguous, incapacious,
Opposite: open, roomy,

confine verb

• keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).
• "he does not confine his message to high politics"
Similar: enclose, incarcerate, imprison, intern, impound, hold captive, trap, shut in/up, keep, pen in/up, cage, lock in/up, coop (up), box up/in, immure, mew up, fence in, hedge in, hurdle, rail in, wall in/up, encircle, surround, ring, encompass, hem in, close in, kettle, corral, gird, compass, restrict, limit, keep within the limits of, not allow to go beyond,
Opposite: release,
Origin: late Middle English (as a noun): from French confins (plural noun), from Latin confinia, from confinis ‘bordering’, from con- ‘together’ + finis ‘end, limit’ (plural fines ‘territory’). The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis .


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