lockdown
(noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lockdown (countable and uncountable, plural lockdowns)
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g. in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g. in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc.
(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
Source: Wiktionary
Lock"-down`, n.
Definition: A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
