cloister
noun
1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
Definition categories: man–made, residence
2. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
verb
1. surround with a cloister, as of a garden
Definition categories: stative, border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
2. surround with a cloister
- cloister the garden
Definition categories: contact, border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
3. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- She cloistered herself in the office
Definition categories: change, insulate, isolate
Sentences with cloister as a verb:
- The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it