clausura — meaning in English

English meaning

• cloister noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
• closure noun The permanent or temporary shutting of a place or operation.

Senses

clausura is used for these senses in English:

• cloister (figuratively) The monastic life.
• closure (programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.

cloister — full definition

1. noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
2. noun A monastery, convent, or similarly secluded religious place — or, more broadly, life lived in one.
3. verb To shut someone away from the outside world, whether by choice or not.

closure — full definition

1. noun The permanent or temporary shutting of a place or operation.
2. noun A feeling of emotional resolution after a difficult experience.
3. noun A fastener or device that seals something shut, such as a bottle cap.

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