Definitions
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.
Used in a sentence
“After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.”
“It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.”
“If we restrict sine to #92;left#91;-#92;frac#92;pi2,#92;frac#92;pi2#92;right#93;, we can define its inverse.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Narrow access”8 letters
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