n.
1.a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
2.a decree that prohibits something
3.the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
4.refusal to approve or assent to
5.the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Idiom of the Day
turn down (someone or something) or turn (someone or something) down
to refuse to accept someone or something, to reject someone or something
The union turned down the offer of more money from the company.