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Enclosure

//ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package. countable

    "There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo."

  2. 2
    the act of enclosing something inside something else wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package. uncountable

    "The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated."

  4. 4
    a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose wordnet
  5. 5
    An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers. countable

    "He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park."

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  1. 6
    something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter wordnet
  2. 7
    The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier. uncountable

    "The enclosure of public land is against the law."

  3. 8
    a naturally enclosed space wordnet
  4. 9
    The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws. broadly, uncountable

    "Copyright, from day one, was designed to be both an impediment and an incentive, a mechanism of enclosure (one that prevented the unlicensed printing of texts, thereby limiting access) and a catalyst of sorts, a structure to stimulate the production of literary goods by rewarding writers and publishers for their labor."

  5. 10
    The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership. uncountable

    "Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure."

  6. 11
    The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English enclosure, from Old French enclosure, from enclore, from Latin inclūdere, inclūdō, from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Alike to inclusion.

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