Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
uncomfortably closed or hemmed in;
- Example: "a claustrophobic little room"2.
suffering from claustrophobia;
abnormally afraid of closed-in places;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
confined \confined\ adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
homebound, housebound, shut-in; in
childbed(prenominal); pent, shut up(predicate);
snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound,
storm-bound]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
restraint.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
area; -- of animals.
Syn: fenced in, penned.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. held prisoner.
Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
[WordNet 1.5]
6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
claustrophobic
adj 1: uncomfortably closed or hemmed in; "a claustrophobic
little room"
2: suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in
places