01 Word definition

containment

11 letters · 4 vowels · 7 consonants

Is CONTAINMENT a word?

Yes. CONTAINMENT is a 11-letter noun. a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.

Correct spelling

How do you spell CONTAINMENT?

C-O-N-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T

CONTAINMENT contains 11 letters, begins with C, and ends with T.

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Meaning and definition

1noun

  1. a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully

    containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975

2noun

  1. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗
Scrabble score15points
Words With Friends20points
Word length11letters

02 Letter breakdown

How is CONTAINMENT spelled?

C1O2N3T4A5I6N7M8E9N10T11
Starts withCONFirst 3 letters
Ends withENTLast 3 letters
Unique letters8Repeats N, T
Vowel balance4 / 7Vowels / consonants

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How do you spell CONTAINMENT?

CONTAINMENT is spelled C-O-N-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T. It contains 11 letters.