closes

noun

Meaning

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

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