enclosed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ənˈkloʊzd/, enPR: ən-klōzdʹ
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ənˈkləʊzd/, enPR: ən-klōzdʹ
• Hyphenation: en‧closed

Adjective

enclosed (comparative more enclosed, superlative most enclosed)

1. Contained; held within a container.

   The gas is completely enclosed within the bottle.

2. Surrounded by a wall, fence or similar barrier.

   an enclosed garden

3. (music, of a division within a pipe organ surrounded by a wooden box, one or more sides of which contain slats that can be opened or closed in order to increase or decrease volume) Having closed slats.

Synonyms

• (contained): included
• (fenced-in): bounded, confined, encircled, surrounded; castellated (in reference to fountains, cisterns, &c.)

Derived terms

• enclosed order
• enclosedness

Translations

contained within

• Czech: přiložený
• Finnish: ympäröity (fi)
• French: enfermé (fr) m ("locked in"), ci-joint (fr) m ("attached")
• German: eingeschlossen (de)
• Maori: haupunu
• Portuguese: contido (pt) m
• Spanish: encerrado (es)
• Swedish: bifogad (sv), medskickad

surrounded

• Czech: obklíčený
• French: clos (fr) m, enclos (fr) m
• German: umschlossen (de), umzäunt (de) (fence), ummauert (de) (wall)
• Maori: tauparepare
• Portuguese: rodeado (pt), cercado (pt)
• Spanish: encerrado (es), acotado (es)
• Swedish: innesluten (sv), omringad (sv)
• Telugu: ఆవృతము (te) (āvr̥tamu)

(music) having closed slats

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Verb

enclosed

1. simple past and past participle of enclose

Anagrams

• Celedons, closened