Definitions for enclosure

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enclosure en·clo·sure

Spelling: [en-kloh-zher]

IPA: /ɛnˈkloʊ ʒər/

Enclosure is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 471 anagrams from letters in enclosure (ceelnorsu).

Definitions for enclosure

noun

1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
2. something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter.
3. the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence.
4. a tract of land surrounded by a fence.
5. an act or instance of enclosing.
6. the state of being enclosed.
7. Roman Catholic Church. the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, from which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation.

Origin of enclosure

1530-40; enclose + -ure; compare Anglo-French enclosure

Examples for enclosure

It will also ensure that there can be no fire inside the enclosure, thus adding another layer of protection to the battery system.

The enclosure now existing has no reference to the outlines of the intrenchment.

At his signal, a gate at the far end of the enclosure was swung open.

Within the enclosure, men sit on dirty couches, either improvised out of other materials or actual literal couches.

The enclosure was very hot and stuffy; there was a smell of dust and straw.

Moving from enclosure to enclosure of box, she came, before she knew it, to the house itself.

This enclosure will isolate the battery from the rest of the equipment in the electronic bays.

The bulls ran through the crowd, and into another pen at the opposite end of the enclosure.

Within all that enclosure there seemed no one possessed of any calm.

He offered the letter and its enclosure to Cornelius and Sir Ulick.