envelopment (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *envelopment*:
NOUN	act	envelopment, enclosure, enclosing, inclosure	the act of enclosing something inside something else

English > *envelopment*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of enclosing something inside something else.
Synonyms	enclosure, enclosing, inclosure
Narrower	encasement, incasement	The act of enclosing something in a case
Narrower	packing, boxing	The enclosure of something in a package or box
Broader	insertion, introduction, intromission	The act of putting one thing into another
Spanish	cercamiento, envolvimiento
Catalan	embolcallament
Verbs	envelop	enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

HyperDic: envelopment