enclosure
enclosure Lexical Profile
enclosure Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An area that is sealed off or surrounded by an artificial or natural barrier, such as a fence or wall.
"The zookeepers redesigned the bear enclosure to include a larger swimming pool and natural rock formations."
A document or object placed inside an envelope together with a letter.
"Please review the signed contract and the other enclosures included in this packet."
A protective casing or cabinet that houses electrical, electronic, or mechanical equipment.
"The external hard drive is mounted inside a waterproof aluminum enclosure."
The state of being enclosed or the action of enclosing something, especially the historical process of fencing off common land into privately owned fields.
"The eighteenth-century parliamentary acts of enclosure transformed rural agriculture across England."
• Rhymes for enclosure
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Old French enclosure, derived from the verb enclore ('to shut in'), ultimately from Late Latin inclaudere.