TABOO


Meaning of TABOO in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ powerful

▪ cultural , religious , sexual , social

▪ incest

VERB + TABOO

▪ break , shatter , violate

TABOO + NOUN

▪ subject

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ about

~s about divorce in society

▪ ~ against

the ~ against marrying a foreigner

▪ ~ on

The play violates several ~s on sexuality.

▪ ~ surrounding

~s surrounding menstruation

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ consider sth

Sex is considered ~ as a topic for discussion.

ADVERB

▪ strictly , virtually

The subject of death was strictly ~ in their society.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

Such work was ~ to women.

Taboo is used with these nouns: ↑ subject , ↑ topic , ↑ word

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .