quarantine
Quarantine is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter Q and ends with the letter E for which we found 4 definitions.
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| (n.) A space of forty days; -- used of Lent. |
| (n.) Specifically the term originally of forty days during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed. |
| (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized. |
| (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance or in a given place without intercourse when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under or in quarantine. |
Syllable Information
The word quarantine is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for quarantine is: quar-an-tine
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