encase
to enclose in or as in a case: We encased the ancient vase in glass to preserve it.
Origin of encase
1- Also incase.
Words that may be confused with encase
- encase , in case
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How to use encase in a sentence
Portable radiator heaters use micathermic methods to generate heat via oil encased inside.
Best space heater: Stay warm in every space, from the garage to the basement | Carsen Joenk | February 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe only way to see inside the machinery was to remove a four-way electrical outlet, but it was encased behind a plastic seal bearing a Soviet stamp.
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite | Bobbie Johnson | January 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThere are as many different types of mattresses as there are sleeping positions — cotton, wool, latex, silk, cashmere, and a series of fabric-encased coils, to airbeds, futons, and waterbeds.
Best memory foam mattress: Sleep better on one of these picks | PopSci Commerce Team | January 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe was the sole survivor in a snow-encased wilderness, laughably far from any human help.
How One Man Survived a Plane Crash and 5 Days in the Snowy Canadian Wilderness—and Went On to Help Shape the Modern Ski Industry | Cassidy Randall | December 27, 2020 | TimeNanoparticles encase the vaccine’s mRNA and deliver it to someone’s cells.
New Pfizer vaccine appears 90 percent effective against COVID-19 | Erin Garcia de Jesus | November 10, 2020 | Science News For Students
It just made their bodies seem like they were plastic or encased in plastic.
Dominic Ware has a scorpion encased in resin on a string around his neck.
The official Dealey Plaza event, expected to be an hour or less long, will be encased in heavy security, according to Altshuler.
Dallas Lays Elaborate but Dignified Plans to Celebrate Assassination Anniversary | Helen Anders | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was also a play on oval shapes, which formed shapely panels on dresses, or seemingly encased the models.
At one point, I was encased in a jelly-green-tea collagen mask, which was awesome.
Before morning old Jack Frost snapped his fingers and the whole world was encased in ice.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonShe was looking at her shoe, pursing her lips thoughtfully, seeing her feet encased in the gay embroideries of the Medici boots.
The Medici Boots | Pearl Norton SwetTherefore, the wires must be encased or insulated in some material that will not admit water and is not itself a conductor.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousHe took the battered volume—a pamphlet clumsily encased in boards, and drew his hand across its rough sides caressingly.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonHe had again mounted his cork legs, and encased his cork feet with splendid-fitting patent leather boots, and Mole felt happy.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge Hemyng
British Dictionary definitions for encase
incase
/ (ɪnˈkeɪs) /
(tr) to place or enclose in or as if in a case
Derived forms of encase
- encasement or incasement, noun
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