Cloister - English meaning

noun

A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train.

Usage examples:

The musical had the audience dancing in the aisles

noun

A long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, theater, church, etc., or between the rows of shelves in a store

noun

The long narrow space between the rows of shelves in a large store, also used to refer to the shelves themselves

Usage examples:

Shopping online means you avoid the crowded supermarket aisles., the frozen food/home baking, etc. …

adjective

Relating to or adapted for walking.

Usage examples:

Continuous ambulatory dialysis

noun

A place for walking, especially an aisle or cloister in a church or monastery.

Usage examples:

The front arch of the old ambulatory

noun

A covered passage with arches along one or both sides.

Usage examples:

The arcade became an important passageway between fox street and the square.

noun

A tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage.

Usage examples:

He has a closet full of designer suits

adjective

Secret; covert.

Usage examples:

A closet smoker

verb

Shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study.

Usage examples:

He was closeted with the king

noun

A row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arches.

Usage examples:

The sight lines leading to the colonnade and entablature of the parliament are left unobstructed.

noun

A row of columns separated from each other by an equal distance

verb

Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).

Usage examples:

He does not confine his message to high politics

noun

The borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Within the confines of the hall escape was difficult

verb

To keep someone or something within limits

Usage examples:

The animals were confined in a large pen., harris does not confine her stage work to broadway., can…

noun

A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms.

Usage examples:

His room lay at the very end of the corridor

noun

A long passage in a building, ship, or train, esp. with rooms on one or both side

Usage examples:

The bathroom is at the end of the corridor., the boston to washington corridor, the route 28 corridor

noun

A room or building for the display or sale of works of art.

Usage examples:

An art gallery

noun

A room or building that is used for showing or selling works of art

Usage examples:

There are some contemporary art galleries you should visit.

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

noun

A person or thing that has been or become isolated.

Usage examples:

Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare

verb

Place or set apart

noun

A gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house and has one side open to the garden.

Usage examples:

Simply snip off some of those extra rooms and loggias, and the core remains a livable and viably af…

noun

A public square or marketplace, especially in an italian town.

Usage examples:

Here, folks stop to ‘take a coffee’ in one of the town's many piazzas, or public squares, as well a…

noun

Especially in italy, an open area with a hard surface in a town, especially where there is no traffic

verb

Keep (someone) away from other people.

Usage examples:

I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation

verb

To keep someone or something away from other people or things

Usage examples:

Typically, the bride would seclude herself in another room.

verb

Isolate or hide away.

Usage examples:

She is sequestered in deepest dorset

noun

Another term for sequestrate.

Usage examples:

Their property was sequestered by parliament

verb

To keep the people on a jury (= group deciding a legal case) separate from everyone else, even from their families, while deciding a case

Usage examples:

The judge refused to have the jury sequestered.

phrasal verb

Keep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people.

Usage examples:

Annabelle was shut away in the library for most of the day with a pile of books

phrasal verb

To put a person in a place that they are not allowed or able to leave

Usage examples:

He was ten years old when he was shut away for stealing an apple., the diamonds are shut away in a …

noun

A classical portico or roofed colonnade.

Usage examples:

The inscription was carved in a stoa, probably in the 2nd cent.

noun

A passage or path for walking along, especially a raised passageway connecting different sections of a building or a wide path in a park or garden.

Usage examples:

Six local organisations say the scheme will ruin leafy cycle and walkways along the east lancashire…

noun

A passage or path, especially one that is covered or raised above the ground