Quarantine



noun
1.
(the period during which a vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease is detained in a port in isolation; a keeping of a person away from other people because he has a contagious disease; a place where such people are kept) ការដាក់អោយនៅដាច់ពីគេ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ដាក់ដោយឡែក (ការពាររោគឆ្លង)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
2.
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.
3.
The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.