Enclosure
[ɪn'kləʊʒə;en-] or [ɪn'kloʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of enclosing something inside something else.
(noun.) a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose.
(noun.) something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter.
(noun.) a naturally enclosed space.
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Definition
(n.) Inclosure. See Inclosure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Inclosure.] [1]. Enclosing.[2]. Being enclosed.[3]. Thing inclosed.[4]. Circle, compass, space enclosed.[5]. Yard, COMPOUND.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fence, ring, limit, boundary, park, close, circle, field, precinct
ANT:Space, common, waste, wild, desert, wilderness, void
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Examples
- We entered the playground enclosure, and walked by the schoolroom window to get round to the door, which was situated at the back of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- No, but the enclosure is. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But how important an element enclosure is, I plainly saw near Farnham, in Surrey. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In this respect enclosure of the land plays a part. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- An elderly nursemaid and two children were standing in a corner of the enclosure, looking at a lean goat tethered to the grass. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Ursula wished to be alone, freed from the tightness, the enclosure of Gudrun's presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She turned and walked away across the enclosure to the gate, and was hidden by the bank. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As there was only one house in the enclosure, there was no room for uncertainty, so he went up the steps of that house and knocked. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This I reached about morning and entering the first enclosure I came to I searched for some evidences of a habitation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Having been hard at work in one dull enclosure all his life, he had a child's delight in looking at shops. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Keeldar gathered handfuls of the profusely blooming flowers whose perfume filled the enclosure. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Here he is, he continued, as we made our way into the weighing enclosure, where only owners and their friends find admittance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Eustacia opened her umbrella and went out from the enclosure by the steps over the bank, after which she was beyond all danger of being perceived. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The girls shrank in a frightened group in the centre of the enclosure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In this park are several small enclosures for cattle, corn, and gardening. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- So did Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74); his _Deserted Village_ (1770) is a pamphlet on enclosures disguised as a poem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He hemmed the beasts into valleys and enclosures where he could be sure to find them again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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