Clues for the word "QUARANTINE"

We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 26 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on May 19, 2025.

Definition of quarantine

n. - A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
n. - Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
n. - The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
v. t. - To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.