Usually means: Surrounding and confining on all sides.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. enclosing: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. enclosing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. enclosing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Enclosing, enclosing: Wordnik
  5. enclosing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. enclosing: Wiktionary
  7. enclosing: Dictionary.com
  8. enclosing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. enclosing: Rhymezone
  10. enclosing: Free Dictionary
  11. enclosing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. enclosing: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. enclosing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. enclosing: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (enclosing)

▸ noun:  That which encloses.
▸ noun:  The act or situation by which something is enclosed.
▸ adjective:  (geometry) Of a region, containing all points of a given set within its bounds.

Similar:
enclosure, envelopment, inclosure, encasing, encaser, encloser, casing, encasement, closure, enwrapping, more...

Opposite:
opening, exposing, revealing, uncovering

Types:
box, bag, envelope, can, jar, bottle, urn, casket, more...

Phrases:
loose sheath enclosing the spinal cord, land enclosing a body of water, more...

Adjectives:
next, nearest, self, smallest, worth, more, all, innermost, further, such, partial

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Similar:
enclosure, envelopment, inclosure, encasing, encaser, encloser, casing, encasement, closure, enwrapping, more...

Opposite:
opening, exposing, revealing, uncovering

Types:
box, bag, envelope, can, jar, bottle, urn, casket, more...

Phrases:
loose sheath enclosing the spinal cord, land enclosing a body of water, more...

Adjectives:
next, nearest, self, smallest, worth, more, all, innermost, further, such, partial

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     olive,     taupe,     charcoal, more...



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