Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enclosing

/ɛnklˈoʊzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: en-clos-ing
IPA: /ɛnklˈoʊzɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of enclose

noun

That which encloses.

noun

The act or situation by which something is enclosed.

adj

Of a region, containing all points of a given set within its bounds.

Example Sentences

"And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. […] And they set in it four rows of stones: […] the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings."
"Duane Duck is a play of boxes, explicit and implicit, frangible or firm; indeed, Duane Duck is a play about boxes, a performance of all manner of relations to enclosings."

Inflected Forms

enclosings (plural)

Synonyms

bounding enclosure envelopment inclosure

Rhymes With

closing opposing exposing imposing posing proposing composing disclosing disposing supposing decomposing dozing

Questions

How do you pronounce enclosing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnklˈoʊzɪŋ/.
What does enclosing mean?: present participle and gerund of enclose

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