The meaning of Enclosure

noun

The action or process of adding something to something else.

Usage examples:

The hotel has been extended with the addition of more rooms

noun

The process of calculating the total of a group of numbers

Usage examples:

[ u ] we learn addition and subtraction in first and second grade., [ c ] harold is the newest addi…

noun

Something extra that is added to something

Usage examples:

An addition to sth the company provides a compensation package which amounts to an addition to the …

noun

A structure of bars or wires in which birds or other animals are confined.

Usage examples:

She kept a canary in a cage

verb

Confine in a cage.

Usage examples:

The parrot screamed, furious at being caged

noun

A structure shaped like a box but with bars or wires as its sides, for keeping pets or for housing animals

Usage examples:

The lab was stocked with wire cages for mice.

noun

A defensive wall of a castle or walled city.

Usage examples:

A small stream encircled the space between the inner and outer circumvallations

noun

A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

Usage examples:

The air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes

adjective

Made up or consisting of several parts or elements.

Usage examples:

A compound noun

verb

Make up (a composite whole); constitute.

Usage examples:

A dialect compounded of spanish and dutch

noun

A cage or pen in which poultry are kept.

Usage examples:

Many of the lots had a barn for a cow and horses, and a coop for chickens.

verb

Confine in a small space.

Usage examples:

Being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety

verb

Put or keep (poultry) in a cage or pen.

Usage examples:

Our free-range chickens roam the barnyard instead of staying cooped up in a henhouse

verb

Gather together and confine (a group of people or things).

Usage examples:

The organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation

noun

A pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch.

Usage examples:

He was galloping a pony very fast round a tiny corral

noun

An area surrounded by a fence for keeping horses or cattle

verb

Bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another.

Usage examples:

Sam folded up the map

noun

A form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth.

Usage examples:

The fabric fell in soft folds

verb

Shut (livestock) in a fold.

noun

The action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure.

Usage examples:

They have been selected for inclusion in the scheme

noun

The act of including something as a part of something else

Usage examples:

Twelve new stories were selected for inclusion in the book.

noun

The act of including something or someone as part of something

Usage examples:

Inclusion in sth representatives of these industries lobbied hard against their inclusion in the bi…

noun

The action of inserting something.

Usage examples:

He didn't notice the insertion of the envelope into his pocket

noun

The act of putting one thing into something else, or of adding something to something else

Usage examples:

The company has encouraged the insertion of exclusion clauses in contracts to prevent executives go…

noun

A traditional african village of huts, typically enclosed by a fence.

Usage examples:

They said that if money came to our kraals and our abodes, singing would no longer help our childre…

verb

Drive (cattle or sheep) into an enclosure.

Usage examples:

They kraal their sheep every night

noun

A small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised.

Usage examples:

What is required to make the fence adequate depends upon the horses confined behind it, the proximi…

verb

Keep (a horse) in a paddock.

Usage examples:

Horses paddocked on a hillside

noun

A small field where animals, especially horses, are kept

noun

An enclosed area of ground; a small field or paddock, especially one close to a farmhouse. also figurative. in early use also (occasionally): †a fence or set of hurdles for enclosing an area of ground (obsolete). now chiefly english regional.

noun

A group of people, animals, or things packed closely together; a crowd, a mob.

noun

Especially in kent and sussex: a meeting or assembly of a kind once thought to have been held in order to take account of rents and pannage. historical.

noun

An instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.

Usage examples:

These include a cuddly toy, a ball, pens, pencils and paper, a toothbrush and toothpaste.

verb

Write or compose.

Usage examples:

Olivia penned award-winning poetry

verb

Put or keep (an animal) in a pen.

Usage examples:

It was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping

noun

(in the south-western us and south america) a paddock or pasture for horses or cattle.

noun

A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).

Usage examples:

A short ton is the standard u.s. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.

verb

Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

noun

A small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority.

Usage examples:

A diamond ring

verb

Surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment.

Usage examples:

The courthouse was ringed with police

noun

An act of ringing a bell, or the resonant sound caused by this.

Usage examples:

There was a ring at the door

noun

A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals.

Usage examples:

They built stockades around their towns

verb

Enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade.

Usage examples:

They fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city

noun

A pigsty.

Usage examples:

It was a complete sty; papers littered the ground, dirty dishes were in the sink, and the windows w…

verb

Keep (a pig) in a sty.

Usage examples:

The most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in

noun

An inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash.

Usage examples:

Usually the staphylococcal bacteria are not concentrated enough to do any harm, but sometimes they …

noun

A unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre).

Usage examples:

A full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth

verb

Store or transport (wood) in or to a timber yard.

Usage examples:

He is the last logger to be using a sled for yarding logs