Antonyms for enclosure
ɛnˈkloʊ ʒəren·clo·sure

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1. enclosure

   The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only. Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds, not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.

   Antonyms:
   center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territory

   Synonyms:
   barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, bourne, confines, edge, frontier, landmark, limit, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination, verge

   Preposition:
   The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.

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1. enclosure

   Antonyms:
   space, common, waste, wild, desert, wilderness, void

   Synonyms:
   fence, ring, limit, boundary, park, close, circle, field, precinct

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Insertion

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. enclosurenoun

   a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

   Synonyms:
   inclosure, envelopment, enclosing, natural enclosure

2. enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosurenoun

   the act of enclosing something inside something else

   Synonyms:
   inclosure, envelopment, enclosing, natural enclosure

3. enclosure, natural enclosurenoun

   a naturally enclosed space

   Synonyms:
   inclosure, envelopment, enclosing, natural enclosure

4. enclosure, inclosurenoun

   something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter

   Synonyms:
   inclosure, envelopment, enclosing, natural enclosure

How to use enclosure in a sentence?

1. Chloe Pfendler:

   Nearly half of the letters were discovered to still be folded inside of their corresponding envelopes, this required processing staff to carefully remove each letter from its enclosure in order to improve and streamline handling of the materials in the reading room.

2. Hannah Salomons:

   With the dog puppies we worked with, if you walk into their enclosure, they gather around and want to climb on you and lick your face, whereas most of the wolf puppies run to the corner and hide.

3. Erik Friis:

   An eruv was erected on our utility poles clandestinely in the middle of the night and without the towns’ permission in order to extend the size of their existing religious enclosure.

4. Photographer Emmanuel Keller:

   To me it looks like Zumba is driving around the enclosure in his off-road car, to impress his wife Timba.

5. John Moyles:

   The individual said that they had [the alligator] in an outdoor enclosure and that his daughter accidentally left the cage open, which allowed the alligator to escape.

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