enclosure

Everyday

1. An enclosure is an area with a fence or wall all round it, often to keep animals in. tree →
2. An enclosure is also something put inside an envelope with a letter. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life zoos, farms and wildlife parks keep animals in enclosures; in maths, finding the fence (perimeter) and space (area) of an enclosure is a common problem. Phrases: «the lion enclosure», «a fenced enclosure», «inside the enclosure».

Examples

• The giraffes live in a large enclosure. tree →
• Do not climb into the animal enclosure. tree →
• The farmer built an enclosure for the goats. tree →
• The enclosure is 10 metres long and 6 metres wide, so it needs 32 metres of fence. tree →
• The penguin enclosure had a pool and rocks. tree →
• The letter came with an enclosure, a small photo. tree →
• The rabbits escaped from their enclosure. tree →
• Prince Ivan walked round the enclosure, but could not see any doors. tree →

Note

Countable. Verb: «enclose» (to put a fence round, or to put inside an envelope). In maths, the fence round an enclosure is its perimeter (add all sides); the ground inside is its area (length times width for a rectangle). Safety: never climb into an animal enclosure.

In Jewish tradition

A fenced place; in Isaiah a place where wild animals live, and in Hosea the covering of the heart. In the primary lessons: In everyday life zoos, farms and wildlife parks keep animals in enclosures; in maths, finding the fence (perimeter) and space (area) of an enclosure is a common problem. Phrases: «the lion enclosure», «a fenced enclosure», «inside the enclosure».

Examples

• And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches. (Prophets ISA.34.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes. (Prophets ISA.35.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them. (Prophets HOS.13.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable. Verb: «enclose» (to put a fence round, or to put inside an envelope). In maths, the fence round an enclosure is its perimeter (add all sides); the ground inside is its area (length times width for a rectangle). Safety: never climb into an animal enclosure.