Antonyms for enclosures
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : en-kloh-zher |
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkloʊ ʒər |
Definition of enclosures
Origin :- mid-15c., "action of enclosing," from enclose + -ure. Meaning "that which is enclosed" is from 1550s.
- noun area bounded by something
- noun something included with a letter
- I returned both the enclosures; for I knew whence they had come.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- The enclosures which had been made by the tenants were of a few acres here and there.
- Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
- Over it appears the peninsula of Strangford, which consists of enclosures and wood.
- Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
- But what most astonished us was the kind of animals we saw in the enclosures.
- Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
- So saying, our two travellers walked on and passed within the enclosures.
- Extract from : « Rollo in London » by Jacob Abbott
- And in our enclosures and pens, and horses and guns and ammunition, and in paying our men.
- Extract from : « Diamond Dyke » by George Manville Fenn
- So that planting the enclosures in this way cost about £3 15s.
- Extract from : « The Forest of Dean » by H. G. Nicholls
- But they had come to the first baklad, as the enclosures are called.
- Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal
- Moreover, no sound came from the enclosures where the sacred lions used to be.
- Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
- The envelope contained two enclosures, a document and a letter.
- Extract from : « Roger Ingleton, Minor » by Talbot Baines Reed
Synonyms for enclosures
- asylum
- aviary
- bowl
- building
- cage
- camp
- cell
- check
- circular
- close
- coliseum
- coop
- copy
- corral
- court
- courtyard
- den
- document
- dungeon
- form
- garden
- ghetto
- hutch
- information
- jail
- money
- pale
- park
- patch
- pen
- place
- plot
- pound
- precinct
- printed matter
- prison
- quad
- quadrangle
- questionnaire
- region
- room
- stadium
- stockade
- sty
- vault
- walk
- yard
- zone
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