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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024en•clo•sure /ɛnˈkloʊʒɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an enclosed area, esp. a piece of land surrounded by a fence.
- something enclosed or included in the same envelope or package:The enclosure was a check for $100.
See -clos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•clo•sure (en klō′zhər),USA pronunciation n. - something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
- something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter.
- the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence.
- a tract of land surrounded by a fence.
- an act or instance of enclosing.
- the state of being enclosed.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, from which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation.
Also, inclosure. - 1530–40; enclose + -ure; compare Anglo-French enclosure
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: enclosure, inclosure /ɪnˈkləʊʒə/ n - the act of enclosing or state of being enclosed
- a region or area enclosed by or as if by a fence
- a fence, wall, etc, that serves to enclose
- something, esp a supporting document, enclosed within an envelope or wrapper, esp together with a letter
- Brit a section of a sports ground, racecourse, etc, allotted to certain spectators
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