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enclosing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun enclosing has 1 sense
- enclosing(n = noun.act) enclosure, envelopment, inclosure - the act of enclosing something inside something else; Array is a kind of insertion, introduction, intromission
has particulars: boxing, packing, encasement, incasement
Derived form verb enclose1
CIDE DICTIONARY
enclosing, n.
the act of surrounding something with something else, so that it is inside the surrounding object. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
enclosing
ambient, assimilating, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, claustral, comprising, confining, containing, counting, covering, embracing, encircling, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, envisaging, including, inclusive, incorporating, limiting, neighboring, numbering, parietal, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, wrapping
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