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# enclosure

noun (an enclosure, enclosures)

«enclosure» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An enclosure is an area with a fence or wall all round it, often to keep animals in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#m1)
2. An enclosure is also something put inside an envelope with a letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life zoos, farms and wildlife parks keep animals in enclosures; in maths, finding the fence (perimeter) and space (area) of an enclosure is a common problem. Phrases: «the lion enclosure», «a fenced enclosure», «inside the enclosure».

### Examples

- The giraffes live in a large enclosure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x1)
- Do not climb into the animal enclosure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x2)
- The farmer built an enclosure for the goats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x3)
- The enclosure is 10 metres long and 6 metres wide, so it needs 32 metres of fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x4)
- The penguin enclosure had a pool and rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x5)
- The letter came with an enclosure, a small photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x6)
- The rabbits escaped from their enclosure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x7)
- Prince Ivan walked round the enclosure, but could not see any doors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Verb: «enclose» (to put a fence round, or to put inside an envelope). In maths, the fence round an enclosure is its perimeter (add all sides); the ground inside is its area (length times width for a rectangle). Safety: never climb into an animal enclosure.

## In Jewish tradition

A fenced place; in Isaiah a place where wild animals live, and in Hosea the covering of the heart. In the primary lessons: In everyday life zoos, farms and wildlife parks keep animals in enclosures; in maths, finding the fence (perimeter) and space (area) of an enclosure is a common problem. Phrases: «the lion enclosure», «a fenced enclosure», «inside the enclosure».

### Examples

- And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches. (Prophets ISA.34.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enclosure/#x1)
- And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes. (Prophets ISA.35.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enclosure/#x2)
- I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them. (Prophets HOS.13.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enclosure/#x3)

### Note

Countable. Verb: «enclose» (to put a fence round, or to put inside an envelope). In maths, the fence round an enclosure is its perimeter (add all sides); the ground inside is its area (length times width for a rectangle). Safety: never climb into an animal enclosure.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enclosure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enclosure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enclosure.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «enclosure» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enclosure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enclosure» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/enclosure.html) on Mova free.