CONFINERS Synonyms

• a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play

• a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

• a person who captures and holds people or animals

• a person who captures and holds people or animals

• any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

• a student who crams

• a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations

• a special school where students are crammed

• a textbook designed for cramming

• one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

• a substance that retards or stops an activity

• someone who guards prisoners

• someone in charge of other people

• one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

• (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

• discipline in personal and social activities

• the state of being physically constrained

• a rule or condition that limits freedom

• lack of ornamentation

• a device that retards something's motion

• a person who closes things violently

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

• a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

• an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

• a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• catch in or as if in a trap

• place limits on (extent or amount or access)

• someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)