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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word containments:

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  1. containments: Merriam-Webster
  2. containments: Wordnik
  3. containments: Wiktionary

(Note: See containment as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (containment)

noun:  (uncountable) The state of being contained.
noun:  (uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
noun:  (obsolete, uncountable, countable) Something contained.
noun:  (uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
noun:  (countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
noun:  (countable, mathematics) An inclusion.
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