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NATURAL ENCLOSURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naturally enclosed space
Synonyms:
enclosure; natural enclosure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("natural enclosure" is a kind of...):
space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural enclosure"):
cavern (any large dark enclosed space)
matrix (an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb))
