ENCLOSED

enclosed

(adjective) closed in or surrounded or included within; “an enclosed porch”; “an enclosed yard”; “the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

enclosed (comparative more enclosed, superlative most enclosed)

Contained; held within a container.

(architecture) Fenced in or surrounded.

(music, of a division within a pipe organ surrounded by a wooden box, one or more sides of which contain slats that can be opened or closed in order to increase or decrease volume) Having closed slats.

Synonyms

• (contained): included

• (fenced-in): bounded, confined, encircled, surrounded; castellated (in reference to fountains, cisterns)

Verb

enclosed

simple past tense and past participle of enclose

Anagrams

• Celedons, closened

Source: Wiktionary


ENCLOSE

En*close", v. t. Etym: [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.]

Definition: To inclose. See Inclose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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