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exclosure
[ ik-skloh-zher ]
/ ɪkˈskloʊ ʒər /
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noun
an area protected against intruders, as by fences.
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Words nearby exclosure
exclamation mark, exclamation point, exclamatory, exclaustration, exclave, exclosure, excludable, exclude, excluded middle, excluding, exclusion
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How to use exclosure in a sentence
The unexpected presence of voles in the short grass exclosure was probably due to two factors.
An upland exclosure containing only short grasses also supported a few voles in 1953.
British Dictionary definitions for exclosure
exclosure
/ (ɪkˈskləʊʒə) /
noun
an area of land, esp in a forest, fenced round to keep out unwanted animals
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