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en·clo·sure
(ĕn-klō′zhər)n.
1.
a. The act of enclosing.
b. The state of being enclosed.
2. Something enclosed: a business letter with a supplemental enclosure.
3. Something that encloses.
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enclosure
(ɪnˈkləʊʒə) orinclosure
n
1. the act of enclosing or state of being enclosed
2. a region or area enclosed by or as if by a fence
3. (Agriculture)
a. the act of appropriating land, esp common land, by putting a hedge or other barrier around it
b. history such acts as were carried out at various periods in England, esp between the 12th and 14th centuries and finally in the 18th and 19th centuries
4. a fence, wall, etc, that serves to enclose
5. something, esp a supporting document, enclosed within an envelope or wrapper, esp together with a letter
6. Brit a section of a sports ground, racecourse, etc, allotted to certain spectators
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en•clo•sure
(ɛnˈkloʊ ʒər)n.
1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
2. an enclosed area, esp. a tract of land surrounded by a fence.
3. something enclosed or included, as within a letter.
4. an act or instance of enclosing; the state of being enclosed.
[1530–40]
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| Noun | 1. | enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area, hold - the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo catchall - an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space compound - an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) dock - an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial echo chamber - an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound lock chamber, lock - enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it nacelle - a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine pen - an enclosure for confining livestock pit - an enclosure in which animals are made to fight plenum - an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside dog pound, pound - a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound" vivarium - an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions yard - an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) |
| 2. | enclosure - the act of enclosing something inside something else encasement, incasement - the act of enclosing something in a case | |
| 3. | enclosure - a naturally enclosed space cavern - any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns" matrix - an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb) space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" | |
| 4. | enclosure - something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) |
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enclosure
noun compound, yard, pen, fold, ring, paddock, pound, coop, sty, stockade This enclosure was so vast that the outermost wall could hardly be seen.
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enclosure
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
تَطْويق، إحاطَهحَظيرَهشَيءٌ مُرْفَق
bilagindelukkeindhegning
liite
bekerítés
fylgiskjalgirîingumgirt svæîi
ohradenieohradený pozemok
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
enclosure
n
(= ground enclosed) → eingezäuntes Grundstück or Feld, Einfriedung f; (for animals) → Gehege nt; the enclosure (on racecourse) → der Zuschauerbereich
(act) → Einzäunung f, → Einfried(ig)ung f (geh)
(= document etc enclosed) → Anlage f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
enclosure
[ɪnˈkləʊʒəʳ] n (act) → recinzione f; (place) → recinto; (at racecourse) → tondino; (in letter) → allegatoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
enclose
(inˈkləuz) verb1. to put inside a letter or its envelope. I enclose a cheque for $4.00.
2. to shut in. The garden was enclosed by a high wall.
enˈclosure (-ʒə) noun1. the act of enclosing.
2. land surrounded by a fence or wall. He keeps a donkey in that enclosure.
3. something put in along with a letter. I received your enclosure with gratitude.
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