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enclosure Definition

en·clo·sure (en klōz̸hər, in-)

noun

  1. an enclosing or being enclosed
  2. something that encloses, as a fence, wall, etc.
  3. something enclosed; specif.,
    1. an enclosed place or area
    2. a document, money, etc. enclosed as with a letter
  4. a boxlike container for a speaker (sense )

Etymology: ME & OE: see enclose & -ure

enclosure Synonyms

enclosure

n.

  1. A space enclosed

    pen, sty, yard, jail, garden, corral, cage, asylum, pound, kennel, run, park, fenced-in field, arena, precinct, compound, plot, court, courtyard, quadrangle, close, cloister, patch, walk, aviary, mew(s), coop, cote, hutch, fold, den, cell, dungeon, vault, crawl, kraal, paddock, ring, stockade, warren, concentration camp, detention camp, pale, ghetto, prison, stadium, bowl, coliseum; see also building 1, place 3, room 2.

  2. Something inserted

    information, check, money, circular, copy, questionnaire, forms, documents, printed matter.

enclosure Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • palisade: The structure may have consisted as a series of concentric timber circles, rather than a true palisaded enclosure.
  • ditch: In the late Saxon period, occupation comprised a ditched enclosure around at least one timber building.
  • shower: First Floor Landing Doors to: Bedroom 1 Window to front, door to: En suite: Shower enclosure, Hand Basin WC.
  • moat: The moats were then categorized as ' moated enclosures with stronger defensive works ' .
  • ventilate: They must be housed in a suitable, secure, leak-proof, ventilated enclosure.
  • fence: The pound was a simple fenced enclosure, often with access to a stream for drinking water.

Adjective modifier

  • causewayed: In Wessex, long barrows cluster around causewayed enclosures.
  • Neolithic: Moreover, like almost all definite or possible Neolithic enclosures in the West Midlands, they remain under the plow.
  • rectilinear: Churchyard The churchyard is now a medium-sized, largely rectilinear enclosure, with a visible curve only on the east.
  • walled: The whole monument sits on a one-step base within a small walled enclosure above which is a low iron fence.
  • rectangular: There is a rectangular enclosure to the north of the tower which may be of more recent date.
  • sealed: The Unit: The SP Lite is housed in sealed custom plastic enclosure with an external slot for the 9 Volt battery.

Modifies a noun

ditch: These experiments were designed specifically to examine the nature of the typical domestic enclosure ditch of the Iron Age period.

Noun used with modifier

  • esata: ExtremeTech has an overview of eSATA technology and a review of a LaCie eSATA enclosure.
  • palisade: May relate to the screen between large posts in the middle palisade enclosure.
  • earthwork: While you're there, take a look at the huge earthwork enclosures of Durrington Walls and the North Kite.
  • sub-oval: The churchyard has been enlarged on several occasions, but there may be an original sub-oval enclosure here.
  • aluminum: Heat will be perfectly transferred from the disk to the aluminum enclosure.

Possessives

triplet: At the triplets ' enclosure we only saw Nimira to start with, who was meowing at us from just below the deck.

Preposition: of

commons: At the enclosure of the commons, in 1814, there were about 300 acres of land allotted in lieu of the tithes.

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