different between lockdown vs lookdown
lockdown
English
Alternative forms
- lock-down
Etymology
From the verb phrase lock down.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?k?da?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?k?da?n/
Noun
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.
- 1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)
- The rafts were made up of strings of logs about seventeen feet wide, held together by poles across them. Each log was pinned to the poles by wooden pegs and lockdowns.
- 1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? Dutch: lockdown
- ? Icelandic: lokkdán
- ? Italian: lockdown
See also
- shelter-in-place
- stay-at-home order
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English lockdown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?k.d?u?n/, /l?k?d?u?n/
- Hyphenation: lock?down
Noun
lockdown m (plural lockdowns)
- lockdown (confinement as a security measure)
Derived terms
- lockdownkilo
- lockdownmaatregel
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English lockdown.
Noun
lockdown m (invariable)
- (neologism) lockdown
lockdown From the web:
- what lockdown browser
- what lockdown means
- what lockdown tier am i in
- what lockdown does to mental health
- what lockdown level is south africa
- what lockdowns are in england
- what lockdown means to me
- what lockdown tier are you
lookdown
English
Etymology
look +? down
Noun
lookdown (plural lookdowns)
- An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer.
See also
- moonfish
lookdown From the web:
- what lockdown
- what lockdown means
- what lockdown are we in
- what lockdown browser
- what lockdown is london in
- what lockdown tier am i in
- what lockdown level are we in
- what lockdown means to me
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