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Enclosed vs Enclosure - What's the difference?

enclosed | enclosure |

As an adjective enclosed

is contained within a three-dimensional container.

As a verb enclosed

is past tense of enclose.

As a noun enclosure is

something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.

enclosed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Contained within a three-dimensional container.
  • Fenced-in or surrounded.
  • Having closed slats.

    • Synonyms

    * included * (fenced-in) bounded, confined, encircled, surrounded,

    Derived terms

    * enclosedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enclose)

    • Anagrams

    *

    enclosure

    English

    (wikipedia enclosure)

    Alternative forms

    * inclosure

    Noun

  • (countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
    • There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
  • (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
    • ''The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
  • (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
    • He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
    The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
    The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure .
  • (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
    • The enclosure of public land is against the law.
    The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
    At first, untrained horses resist enclosure .
  • (uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
    • Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure .
  • The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.

    • Usage notes

    * For more on the spelling of this word, see (m).