different between enclosed vs sleepout

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

Etymology

From sleep out.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sli?pa?t/

Noun

sleepout (plural sleepouts)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
   • 2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, p. 2:

     As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs.

2. an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
3. a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.

Anagrams

• eelpouts, outsleep, peelouts