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enclosure

Main Entry:
enclosure [en-kloh-zher]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area bounded by something
Synonyms: asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone
Antonyms: open
Main Entry: area
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: region, district
Synonyms: belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, principality, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, township, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone
Main Entry: barracks
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shelter for military
Synonyms: Quonset hut, billet, bivouac, camp, cantonment, dormitory, encampment, enclosure, garrison, headquarters, hut, prefab, quarters, tent
Main Entry: barrier
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction
Synonyms: bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall
Antonyms: opening
Main Entry: cage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: enclosure with bars
Synonyms: coop, corral, crate, enclosure, fold, jail, mew, pen, pinfold, pound
Main Entry: chamber
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: small compartment, room
Synonyms: alcove, antechamber, apartment, bedchamber, bedroom, box, case, cavity, cell, chest, container, cubicle, enclosure, flat, hall, hollow, lodging, pocket, room, socket
Main Entry: circle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: orb, loop, round figure
Synonyms: amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel of latitude, perimeter, periphery, record, revolution, ring, ringlet, round, sphere, stadium, tire, turn, vortex, wheel, wreath, zodiac
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boundary, periphery
Synonyms: ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscription, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone
Main Entry: coop
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pen
Synonyms: birdcage, cage, corral, enclosure, hutch, lock-up, mew, pound
Notes: a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization
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