enclosure
(noun)
noun
1. a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
Definition categories: man–made, area
2. the act of enclosing something inside something else
Similar word(s): enclosing, envelopment, inclosure
Definition categories: act, insertion, introduction, intromission
3. a naturally enclosed space
Definition categories: object, space
4. something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
Similar word(s): inclosure
Definition categories: communication, document, papers
Sentences with enclosure as a noun:
- There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
- The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
- He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
- The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
- The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure.
- The enclosure of public land is against the law.
- The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
- At first, untrained horses resist enclosure.
- Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.