noun🔗ShareThe 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."The school went into lockdown after a stranger was seen on the playground. "governmentpolicemedicinedisastersocietyworldconditioneventactionstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting."The rivermen secured the lockdown connecting the first two logs, ensuring the raft wouldn't break apart on the journey downstream. "nauticaltechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading