enclosures
Spaces with boundaries
Enclosures are spaces bounded by walls, fences, or other barriers—a pen for livestock, a fenced yard, a walled garden.
The word also refers to documents or objects included with a letter or package: Please see the enclosures for more details.
In British history, the Enclosures were the legal process of converting common lands into private property, transforming rural life in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Barred confinement structure
- cellBasic unit of life
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
pen · pound · lockup · detention · captivity · internment · quarantine · brig
Boundary structure between properties
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- penInk-filled writing tool
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
compound · yard · coop · kennel · run · sty · hutch · aviary
Ink-filled writing tool
- tankLarge storage vessel
- aquariumTank for keeping fish
- terrariumGlass-walled growing enclosure
- vivariumEnclosure for living specimens
exhibit · sanctuary · reserve · burrow · den · warren · lair · nest
cage
Barred confinement structure
dungeon · pen · pound · lockup · detention · captivity · internment · quarantine · brig · stockade
fence
Boundary structure between properties
paddock · compound · yard · coop · kennel · run · sty · hutch · aviary · vivarium
pen
Ink-filled writing tool
vivarium · exhibit · sanctuary · reserve · burrow · den · warren · lair · nest · rookery
perimeter
Shape's outer edge length
- borderOuter edge or limit
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
margin · circumference · confines · limits · bounds · precinct · parameter · edging · surround
courtyard
Enclosed open-air space
- atriumRoofed central hall
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- quadrangleFour-sided figure or courtyard
patio · gazebo · conservatory · pavilion · vestibule · arcade · loggia · pergola · rotunda · portico
- wildlife rehabwildlife rescue, reintroduction, bird rescue, turtle rescue, orphan care
- zooelephant, giraffe, lion, tiger, monkey
- Zooszoo exhibits, zoo train, zoo tours, zookeeper, animal exhibits
- car audiocar radio, car stereo, head unit, stereo, infotainment
- compartmentscompartments, cubbies, cubbyholes, pigeonholes, niches
- document contentappendix, appendices, addendum, addenda, supplement
enclosuresopen spaces
Unoccupied expanses or gaps
open fields · opens · open land · expanses · openings
enclosuresexclusions
Things deliberately left out
omissions · removals · extractions · withdrawals · deletions
enclosuresexpanses
Wide continuous areas
open air · wilderness · open terrain · plains · prairies
- animal enclosuresStructures housing captive creatures
- enclosure movementPrivatization of communal farmland
- shower enclosureWalled bathing compartment
- enclosure actsLaws converting commons
- zoo enclosureConfined animal display area
- snake enclosureContainer housing captive serpents