- confines
- nounADJECTIVE▪ close, cramped, limited, narrow, rigid, small, strict, tight▪
issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book
▪within the strict confines of the law
▪ immediate▪ comfortable, comfy (informal), cosy/cozy, friendly (AmE), safe▪The dim, familiar confines of the room grew clearer as my eyes adjusted to the indoor darkness.
▪The next two games are in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
▪She returned to the cosy/cozy confines of her lodgings on the second floor.
▪ cool, dark, quiet▪She stepped into the cool, dark confines of a roadside inn.
▪in the quiet confines of a Bloomington hotel room
VERB + CONFINES▪ escape, leave▪a chance to escape the stuffy confines of the town
▪It is a story that must not escape the confines of this room.
▪It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his room.
▪Most airmen aren't allowed to leave the confines of the base.
▪She longed to leave the confines of her household.
▪ transcend▪The gay community is transcending the narrow confines of the ghetto.
▪ enter▪They left the half-lit streets and entered the confines of a cemetery.
PREPOSITION▪ beyond the confines of, outside the confines of▪She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life.
▪ in the confines of, within the confines of▪He spent three years within the narrow confines of the prison.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.