closes
noun
- 1
An end or conclusion.
“We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.”
- 2
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- 3
A grapple in wrestling.
- 4
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- 5
A double bar marking the end.
- 6
(travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
verb
- 1
(physical) To remove a gap.
- 2
(social) To finish, to terminate.
- 3
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- 4
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
(chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
- 2
(chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- 3
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- 4
The common staircase in a tenement.
- 5
A cathedral close.
- 6
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
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