Container indicators
One piece wraps around another.
A container indicator says one part holds, swallows or surrounds another. Typically “A holding B” means B goes inside A. Look for short parts, often abbreviations, that slot inside a longer word.
Common Container indicators
- about
- absorbing
- accommodating
- admits
- admitting
- around
- besieging
- boxing
- caging
- captures
- capturing
- catching
- circling
- clutches
- clutching
- consuming
- containing
- contains
- cradling
- devouring
- eating
- eats
- embrace
- embraces
- embracing
- encircling
- encloses
- enclosing
- enveloping
- envelops
- frames
- framing
- grasping
- gripping
- grips
- guarding
- harbouring
- holding
- holds
- houses
- housing
- hugging
- hugs
- imprisoning
- keeping
- keeps
- nursing
- outside
- protecting
- round
- seizing
- surrounding
- surrounds
- swallowing
- swallows
- takes in
- taking in
- wrapping
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