enclosure
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3.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈkloʊʒər/
:
recinto
- The farmer built a large enclosure around the livestock to protect them from predators.
- a walled enclosure
- a small enclosure
- a large enclosure
The chimp managed to escape from the enclosure one day.
- The chimp managed to escape from the enclosure one day.
- Basically what they did is they took four rats and they put them in a beautiful enclosure.
- But sadly I think that this may be a little bit short for the royal enclosure and I really don't want to risk getting turned away.
- We was in a little enclosure because we was all AA's.
- It's very reasonable, but the kid getting in the enclosure and shooting the gorilla, that is a lose, lose negotiation.
Examples
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We've built a special enclosure, you'll see it later on.
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All right, everybody back to your enclosures before the zoo opens.
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This one has its own dedicated enclosure so that that does not happen.
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I want to make his enclosure bigger.
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Who left the enclosure open?
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All right, where is the polar bear enclosure?
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One day each week, they are permitted into the royal enclosure.
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Strictly no admission into the owners' enclosure without a pass.
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Jack opened the door to the enclosure slowly, looking in as soon as it was ajar.
Fiction book (1999) -
The castle was a huge rectangular enclosure with four gates.
Synonyms
511
2.9
A small enclosed area where people sit or watch, for example at a theatre
271
3.9
An enclosed space inside something, for example a cave or the body
237
6.0
An area surrounded by a fence or wall containing houses and buildings
121
2.7
An open area surrounded by buildings or walls, often inside a larger building
99
2.2
An open area inside buildings, often like the space in a house or castle
6
3.8
An area surrounded by walls or barriers
1
8.9
An area fenced to keep animals out for research or conservation
An area of land surrounded by natural features like hills or trees
The land around a house that belongs to it and is often enclosed
Antonyms
Compounds
How Enclosed
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3.5
18
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enclosure comes from en- ('in') and close ('to shut'), so it literally means 'shut in'. That's why an enclosure is an area or space surrounded by a fence, wall, or other boundary — it is a place 'shut in' from the outside.