Term: containment: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading
Candidate hypernym: activity: any specific behavior → 1
Candidate hypernym: homestead: dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land → 0
Candidate hypernym: lawyerbush: stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth → 0
Candidate hypernym: muniments: deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land → 0
Candidate hypernym: times: a more or less definite period of time now or previously present → 0
Candidate hypernym: leitmotiv: a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) → 0
Candidate hypernym: barbados gooseberry: West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: knobble: a small knob → 0
Candidate hypernym: instrument of torture: an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person → 0
Candidate hypernym: liquidator: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties → 0
Candidate hypernym: buffer solution: a solution containing a buffer → 0