noun
- plural of confiner; people or things that confine or restrict
Usage: typically used in formal or technical contexts
Examples
- The prison walls were the confiners of the inmates' freedom.
- Social norms act as confiners of individual expression in many cultures.
- The confiners of the experiment ensured that variables remained controlled.
- These regulations serve as confiners on corporate expansion.
- The confiners of the space made it difficult to move around.