envelopment
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- noun
- /ɪnˈvɛlʌpmənt/
:
envoltura
- This way each time more and more freed up units will join in the envelopment attempt and then victory can be completed.
- double envelopment
- atmospheric envelopment
Examples
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Our envelopment severed all his supply avenues into and escape avenues out of Kuwait.
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We must make use of atmospheric envelopment ourselves.
Academic text (2018) -
There was an envelopment in the American flag, a patriotic sweep.
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It fits the model of envelopment we have been tracking all along.
Academic text (2018) -
There is a reason that both modernist writing and fog tend to get characterized as "dense," and as this discussion has suggested, there is real value in allowing oneself to experience such bewildering envelopment.
Academic text (2018) -
The warm blanket provided an envelopment of comfort on the cold winter night.
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The forest offered a natural envelopment for the animals, shielding them from the harsh weather.
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The artist's use of colors created an envelopment that made the audience feel immersed in the painting.
Synonyms
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4.4
Closing off an area by surrounding it with a fence or barrier
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6.8
A cover that surrounds and protects something
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9.9
The act of surrounding or including something completely
Closing off land so only certain people can use it
Putting something inside or around another thing to protect it
Being completely covered by something like water or lava
Putting something in a case or cover to protect it
Placing something inside another thing or file so it becomes part of it
An object fixed firmly inside another material, like a fossil in rock
An act of wrapping something closely so it is covered
Wrapping something in cloth or a blanket to protect it
Seeing things mainly as objects to use because of technology
Surrounding a thing with a border to make it stand out
Antonyms
How Enclosing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Envelopment comes from the verb envelop and the ending -ment, and envelop means 'to wrap' or 'to surround', just like the paper envelope that wraps a letter. So an envelopment is the action of completely wrapping or surrounding something.