ENCLOSED meaning: 1. surrounded by walls, objects, or structures: 2. sent to someone in an envelope with a letter…. Learn more.
These verbs mean to surround and confine within a limited area: cattle enclosed in feedlots; was caged in the office all afternoon; a garden fenced in by shrubbery; a battalion hemmed in by enemy troops; ships penned up in the harbor; prisoners who were walled in.
Enclosed and inclosed are two different spellings of the same word. There was a point in time where you could get away with either version, but today, only one version is standard.
to surround, as with a fence or wall: to enclose land. to insert in the same envelope, package, or the like: He enclosed a check. A book was sent with the bill enclosed. to hold or contain: His letter enclosed a check. to restrict to the enclosure of a monastery or convent.
ENCLOSED definition: inserted in the same envelope or package. See examples of enclosed used in a sentence.
enclosed (comparative more enclosed, superlative most enclosed) Contained; held within a container. The gas is completely enclosed within the bottle. Surrounded by a wall, fence or similar barrier.
Enclosed generally means sealed inside or surrounded on all sides. It often refers to something that is within the boundary or within containment of something else, such as an object in a box or a field inside a fence.
If a place or object is enclosed by something, the place or object is inside that thing or completely surrounded by it.