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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective encircling has 1 sense

• encircling(s = adj.all) skirting - being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting"

CIDE DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

encircling

ambient, assimilating, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, comprising, containing, counting, covering, embracing, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, envisaging, including, inclusive, incorporating, neighboring, numbering, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, wrapping

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encircling

Inclusion

N inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, composition, included, including, inclusive, congener, congenerous, of the same class, encircling, a maximis ad minima, et hoc genus omne, etc, et coetera.

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