closure
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈkloʊʒər/
- However, only 118 (45%) said their coach provided a closure session where the day's activities were reviewed.
- complete closure
- wound closure
- surgical closure
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Watch on YouTubeThat door closure sounds like it belongs on a car of this price tag.
- That door closure sounds like it belongs on a car of this price tag.
- it'll like hold its shape very nicely. It is a thong back and it is a button closure. Oh, with
- If a garment has too many details, like a fishnet fabric, a fancy closure, a print and ruffles, then it's a fashionable piece.
- Though FYI, it's not stretchy, adjustable closure run train things that I do not do.
- And there was a we, we got one of those closures, a bell that you put over.
Examples
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Emergency bulkhead closure in progress.
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Today marks the first day of the U.S. border closure.
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Check all vents and closures.
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People were not free to disregard your vaccine, mask or business or school closure mandates.
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A landslide forced the closure of the highway between Kimberly and Lehman.
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Dail slipped the harp carefully into the case and tied the closure strings.
Fiction book (1992) -
Winter storms blanketed parts of the Northeast yesterday... resulting in highway closures in several states... along the eastern seaboard.
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Simple hand tightening enables the closure to handle 10,000 psi pressures.
Academic text (1995) -
The heavy snowfall caused a complete closure of the main roads, making travel impossible.
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Due to the ongoing construction, there will be a temporary closure of the entire downtown area for the next two weeks.
Synonyms
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2.3
The last part when something ends, for example a meeting
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4.4
A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery
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4.1
Something that blocks a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
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3.4
Stopping a player from moving by standing in front of them
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4.6
A narrow place, like where lanes merge, that slows movement
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1.0
An action that makes something closed like a door or book
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6.5
A narrowing in a tube or pipe that reduces flow
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Something that blocks a tube like a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
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4.4
Closing off an area by surrounding it with a fence or barrier
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3.2
Putting a material on something to keep water out
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5.2
An action that stops people from entering a place or communicating
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5.0
Something that blocks a pipe so water or gas cannot flow
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A sudden eye condition when the coloured part blocks fluid drainage, causing a rapid rise in pressure inside the eye
- Specialized
A tendency to see an incomplete shape as a whole when your mind fills gaps
How Closed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Closure comes from the Latin claudere, 'to shut', and shares the root with close. A closure in a pipe or road is a literal 'shutting' that stops the flow or passage.