enclosureen‧clo‧sure /ɪnˈkləʊʒə $ -ˈkloʊʒər/ noun 
Examples
the bear enclosure at the zoo2[uncountable] the act of making an area separate by putting a wall or fence around it: the enclosure of arable land for pasture3[countable] something that is put inside an envelope with a letter
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Holden's lawsuit led to the enclosure of freeway overpasses with fencing.
- The animals were placed in a large enclosure behind the barn.
- A rigid cabinet is essential for eliminating unwanted resonances, and the unusual glass-reinforced-plastic enclosure is perfect.
- Again the design of the sea-lion enclosure has been of great help in the management of these attractive marine mammals.
- It follows the enclosure line and lets the reader know of anyone else who received the letter.
- She saw Tig standing on the enclosure wall, his arms stretched out to the sides, his head thrown back.
- The enclosure was never exactly crowded, even in the height of the summer.
- The most southerly of the three enclosures had also been subdivided, although little of its eastern half lay within the trench.
- The proceedings taken under these Acts provide many of the known facts concerning enclosures and depopulation.
- There were probably also sacrificial tables and statues of deities, like the clay goddess found at the sacred enclosure of Sachturia.
WORD SETS► Mail
Collocationsaddress, verbaddressee, nounaerogramme, nounairmail, nounbox number, nouncertified mail, nounChristmas card, nounc/o, compliment slip, nouncorrespond, verbcorrespondence, nouncorrespondent, nouncovering letter, nouncover letter, noundate stamp, noundead letter, noundirect mail, nounenclose, verbenclosure, nounenvelope, nounepistle, nounesquire, nounexpress, nounexpress mail, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectiveforward, verbforwarding address, nounFPO, frank, verbfranking machine, nounFreepost, noungeneral delivery, nounJiffy bag, nounjunk mail, nounletterbox, nounlove letter, nounmailbag, nounmailbox, nounmail carrier, nounmail drop, nounmailer, nounmailing list, nounmailman, nounmailshot, nounmail train, nounmanila, nounmissive, nounmoney order, nounnote card, nounnotelet, nounnotepaper, nounnr, p & p, packet boat, nounparcel, nounparcel post, nounpcm, pen friend, nounpen pal, nounpigeonhole, nounpillar box, nounPO, PO Box, nounpoison-pen letter, nounpost, nounpost, verbpostage, nounpostage meter, nounpostage stamp, nounpostal, adjectivepostal order, nounpostbag, nounpostbox, nounpostcard, nounpostcode, nounposte restante, nounpostie, nounpostman, nounpostmark, nounpostmaster, nounpostmistress, nounpost office, nounpost office box, nounpostscript, nounpp., PPS, nounPS, nounredirect, verbregister, verbregistered post, nounreply-paid, adjectiveRR, sae, nounsalutation, nounSASE, nounsecond class, nounself-addressed, adjectivesender, nounsnail mail, nounsorting office, nounspecial delivery, nounstamp, nounstamp, verbstamped addressed envelope, nounsurface mail, nounthird class, nounvalentine, nounwriting paper, nounX, nounzip code, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► new
1[countable] an area surrounded by a wall or fence, and used for a particular purpose: · The new enclosures varied in size according to the size of the farms.· They caught wildfowl for the ever-increasing colony, and built new pens and enclosures for them.· As a result there was much new enclosure.· These new enclosures also produced their new isolated farmsteads, set in the fields.· The thousands of dollars fee earned by the penguins will now be used to build a big new pool and enclosure.· That's the real benefit of the new chimpanzee enclosure.
► parliamentary· The landscape of parliamentary enclosure at Oare on Exmoor Somerset.· The landscape of parliamentary enclosure in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.· But probably four out of five of these farmsteads in the fields are the consequence of parliamentary enclosure.· The landscape of parliamentary enclosure at Brauston, Leicestershire.· Farmsteads are still rare outside the villages: the few that exist were mostly built after the parliamentary enclosure of the parishes.· On the far side of the meadows of the River Welland are the regular fields of parliamentary enclosure.· The landscape of parliamentary enclosure on King s Sedgemoor Somerset Levels.
► small· MiLAN's three models feature two, four, or eight ports in small, attractive enclosures.· There was a yard behind the house, a small dirt enclosure with a couple of forsythia shrubs.· I kept it on the premises after that, in a small rabbit enclosure.
► walled· The cemetery lay within a high walled enclosure at the back of the Old Delhi Idgah.· Even today, seven hundred years after it was built, the vast walled enclosure is still an impressive sight.
NOUN► movement· Roads A great number of new by-roads came into existence as a result of the enclosure movement.· Leapor's poems on rural landscape are among the earliest to register the conflicts associated with the enclosure movement.
the bear enclosure at the zoo2[uncountable] the act of making an area separate by putting a wall or fence around it: the enclosure of arable land for pasture3[countable] something that is put inside an envelope with a letter