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recontainment

recontainment noun: the act or process of containing something again.

Noun

recontainment (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of containing something again.
    • In this video game, you play a marine attempting the recontainment of an escaped alien species.

Questions about recontainment

What does recontainment mean?
Recontainment means the act or process of containing something again.
What part of speech is recontainment?
Recontainment is a noun.

Words near recontainment in the dictionary

  1. recontact
  2. recontactable
  3. recontacted
  4. recontacting
  5. recontacts
  6. recontainment
  7. recontaminate
  8. recontaminated
  9. recontaminates
  10. recontaminating
  11. recontamination

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