confines
noun/ˈkɒnfaɪnz/
/ˈkɑːnfaɪnz/
[plural] (formal)- limits or borders
- It is beyond the confines of human knowledge.
- She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life.
- Most airmen aren't allowed to leave the confines of the base.
Extra Examples- It is a story that must not escape the confines of this room.
- It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his armchair.
- She longed to leave the confines of her household.
- He returned to the cosy confines of his lodgings on the second floor.
- She stepped into the cool, dark confines of a roadside inn.
- The dim, familiar confines of the room grew clearer as my eyes adjusted to the indoor darkness.
- The quality of her writing transcends the narrow confines of sports journalism.
- The next two games are in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
- They left the half-lit streets and entered the confines of a cemetery.
- a chance to escape the stuffy confines of the town
- in the quiet confines of a Bloomington hotel room
- issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book
- within the strict confines of the law
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- cramped
- limited
- …
- escape
- leave
- transcend
- …
- beyond the confines of
- outside the confines of
- in the confines of
- …
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