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contained

adjective

Definition of CONTAINED

:  restrained; also :  calm
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First Known Use of CONTAINED

1653

Rhymes with CONTAINED

birdbrained, bloodstained, close-grained, coarse-grained, crackbrained, cross-grained, harebrained, ingrained, left-brained, mad-brained, membraned, restrained, right-brained, tearstained, unfeigned

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4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. contained
  2. contain
  3. self-contained
  4. self-contained ornament
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