ALL meanings of prohibition
pro·hi·bi·tion
P p - noun prohibition the act of prohibiting. 1
- noun prohibition the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption. 1
- noun prohibition (often initial capital letter) the period (1920–33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S. 1
- noun prohibition a law or decree that forbids. 1
- noun prohibition an order or law that forbids 0
- noun prohibition the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages 0
- noun prohibition in the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition (sense 3) by federal law 0
- uncountable noun prohibition In the United States, Prohibition was the law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks between 1919 and 1933. Prohibition also refers to the period when this law existed. 0
- countable noun prohibition A prohibition is a law or rule forbidding something. 0
- noun prohibition the act of prohibiting or state of being prohibited 0
- noun prohibition an order or decree that prohibits 0
- noun prohibition (esp in the US) a policy of legally forbidding the manufacture, transportation, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages except for medicinal or scientific purposes 0
- noun prohibition an order of a superior court (in Britain the High Court) forbidding an inferior court to determine a matter outside its jurisdiction 0
- noun prohibition the period (1920–33) when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was banned by constitutional amendment in the US 0
- noun prohibition a prohibiting or being prohibited 0