🚪 Partly closed 📏 One end included

semiclosed

1 5.6

Not fully open so only a little air, light, or sound can pass

adjective
/ˌsɛmɪˈkloʊzd/

: semicerrado

She left the window semiclosed to allow some fresh air into the room.

Examples

The door was semiclosed, letting in a narrow beam of light from the hallway.
I noticed the gate was semiclosed, so I pushed it open to walk through.
In phonetics, a semiclosed vowel is produced with the tongue positioned between open and closed.
The door was semiclosed when I arrived.
Is this passage semiclosed or completely shut?
The door was semiclosed, letting in a narrow beam of light from the hallway.
She left the window semiclosed to allow some fresh air into the room.

How Closed

sealed

140 2.5

closed

154 1.3

semiclosed

1 5.6

ajar

14 1.2

to open

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

semiclosed positive

semicloseder comparative

semiclosedest superlative

Morphology

semiclosed = closed (transparent) = semi + close

The word is a regular prefixation of 'semi-' to 'closed', yielding the sense 'partly closed'.

Etymology

Semiclosed is made of semi- ('partly', as in semi-final) and closed ('shut'), so it simply means 'partly shut'. That's why a semiclosed door or window lets in a little light or air or allows only limited access.