המשמעות המילונית של המילה "מתחם" היא שם עצם המתייחס למשהו שנסגר או מוקף במחסום או גדר, לעתים קרובות במטרה להכיל או להגן על משהו. זה יכול גם להתייחס לחלל סגור או למסמך שנלווה למשהו ומספק מידע או פרטים נוספים. בנוסף, המונח יכול להתייחס לפעולה של סגירת או סביב משהו, כגון נכס או אזור.
1. I stood again and paced around the natural enclosure.
2. The ground underneath her and the back wall were concrete, with a chemical toilet the only other thing in her enclosure.
3. An Indian came out of the hut, and, at their request, conducted them within the enclosure.
4. At that facility, there was a barbed-wire-surrounded enclosure known as The Compound, which housed those children, some as young as fourteen, whose cases had been sent to the adult court system.
5. My house was literally besieged from morning till night, so that I began to rave, and foam, and fret like a caged tiger against the bars of his enclosure.
6. All that now remained was to fasten up the mouth of the enclosure and this was readily accomplished by gathering the folds of the material together, and twisting them up very tightly on the inside by means of a kind of stationary tourniquet.
7. Within its naturally walled enclosure were three extraordinary stones, forming a seat with a back and footstool.
8. A bushy-bearded man steps forward and ushers our little group into a fenced enclosure.
9. By this time the duke and duchess had taken their places in a gallery commanding the enclosure, which was filled to overflowing with a multitude of people eager to see this perilous and unparalleled encounter.
10. The glass shower enclosure was larger than most cars and the damned mirrors went on for miles.