Associations to the word «Lockdown»

Wiktionary

LOCKDOWN, noun. (in an institution, such as a prison or school) The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance
LOCKDOWN, noun. (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

Dictionary definition

LOCKDOWN, noun. The act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King