different between enclosed vs parclose

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?klo?zd/, enPR: ?n-kl?zd?
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?kl??zd/, enPR: ?n-kl?zd?
• Hyphenation: en?closed

Adjective

enclosed (comparative more enclosed, superlative most enclosed)

1. Contained; held within a container.

   The gas is completely enclosed within the bottle.

2. Surrounded by a wall, fence or similar barrier.

   an enclosed garden

3. (music, of a division within a pipe organ surrounded by a wooden box, one or more sides of which contain slats that can be opened or closed in order to increase or decrease volume) Having closed slats.

Synonyms

• (contained): included
• (fenced-in): bounded, confined, encircled, surrounded; castellated (in reference to fountains, cisterns, &c.)

Derived terms

• enclosedness

Translations

Verb

enclosed

1. simple past tense and past participle of enclose

Anagrams

• Celedons, closened

English

Alternative forms

• paraclose
• perclose

Etymology

From Middle English parclose, perclose, from Old French parclos, perclose and others, Middle French parclose (“end, enclosure”), noun use of past participle of parclore (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??kl??z/

Noun

parclose (plural parcloses)

1. A partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church.
2. (heraldry) The lower half of a garter with the buckle.
3. (obsolete) An enclosed area, especially one separated from the main body of a building by a screen or partition.

Anagrams

• polacres

Old French

Noun

parclose f (oblique plural parcloses, nominative singular parclose, nominative plural parcloses)

1. end; finish

Descendants

• ? English: parclose