Word Meanings - BORDEREAU - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents.

CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
CONTAINANT
A container.
CONTAINABLE
Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
ENUMERATION
A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument. (more info) 1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting. 2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed. Because almost every man
CONTAINER
One who, or that which, contains.
MEMORANDUM
A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form. Memorandum check, a check given as an acknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the
CONTAIN
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
SELF-CONTAINED
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.