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enclosed

/ənˈkloʊzd/ US
/ənˈkləʊzd/ UK

adjective more enclosed · most enclosed

Contained; held within a container. The gas is completely enclosed within the bottle.
Similar: included
Surrounded by a wall, fence or similar barrier. an enclosed garden
of a division within a pipe organ surrounded by a wooden box Having closed slats.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of enclose

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: confined, fenced in, boxed, coarctate, capsulated, fogbound, capsulate, involved, basined, closed, embedded, enveloped, penned, besieged, boxed-in, boxed in

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adj contained within

Español	encerrado
Português	contido
Français	enfermé, ci-joint
Deutsch	eingeschlossen

adj surrounded

Español	encerrado, acotado
Português	rodeado, cercado
Français	clos, enclos
Deutsch	umschlossen, umzäunt, ummauert

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@misc{enclosed_2026,
  title = {enclosed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enclosed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}