Definitions for confines

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confines con·fine

Spelling: [kuh n-fahyn for 1, 2, 5, 6; kon-fahyn

IPA: /kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4/

Confines is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in confines (cefinnos).

Definitions for confines

noun

1. Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
2. Often, confines. region; territory.
3. Archaic. confinement.
4. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict:
2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.:

Origin of confines

1350-1400 for noun; 1515-25 for v.; (noun) Middle English Middle French confins, confines Medieval Latin confinia, plural of Latin confinis boundary, border (see con-,

Examples for confines

Within the confines of the Internet, this little girl exists only to make us feel better about ourselves.

We can not possibly break from the confines of our three dimensional world.

It was easy to swim like this beyond the confines of life looking at a star.

In front the day-break was bursting the confines of the bleak racks of cloud.

Sure, I believe gay folks who want to get married within the current confines should of course have that right.

There came a moment when it seemed to him that he must have swum beyond the confines of life.

He said, voice muffled by the confines of the plastic helmet, "Who are you?"

In the book, you stay pretty much within the confines of Watergate, right?

Most rapes, however, are perpetrated by acquiantances—often husbands—and take place within the confines of the home.

It exists only in his memory, so he retreats into the confines of his mind.