Definition of 'quarantine'
quarantine
Word
forms: 3rd person singular present tense quarantines , present participle quarantining , past tense, past participle quarantined
1. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If
a person or animal is in quarantine, they are being kept separate from other people or animals for a set
period of time, usually because they have or may have a disease.
She was sent home to Oxford and put in
quarantine.
No mammals other than people may enter the country without
lengthy quarantine.
Synonyms: isolation, segregation, solitude More Synonyms of quarantine
2. VERB
If
people or animals are quarantined,
they are stopped from having contact with other people or animals. If a place is quarantined,
people and animals are prevented from entering or leaving it.
Dogs have to be quarantined for six
months before they'll let them in.
Synonyms: isolate, separate, segregate, keep apart More Synonyms of quarantine
