enclosing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

enclosing
    n 1: the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn:
         {enclosure}, {enclosing}, {envelopment}, {inclosure}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

enclosing \enclosing\ n.
   the act of surrounding something with something else, so that
   it is inside the surrounding object.

   Syn: inclosing, enclosure, envelopment, enveloping,
        inclosure.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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