CONSTRICTIVE

confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting

(adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action

constricting, constrictive, narrowing

(adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

constrictive (comparative more constrictive, superlative most constrictive)

That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction

Source: Wiktionary


Con*strict"ive, a.

Definition: Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 September 2024

SPRINGBOARD

(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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