enclosure Definition
en·clo·sure (en klō′z̸hər, in-)
enclosure Synonyms
enclosure
n.
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.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.

