enclosing

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: en=clos=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

enclosing, n. 

 the act of surrounding something with something else, so that it is inside the surrounding object.  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

enclosing

ambient, assimilating, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, claustral, comprising, confining, containing, counting, covering, embracing, encircling, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, envisaging, including, inclusive, incorporating, limiting, neighboring, numbering, parietal, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, wrapping