closure
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
closure/ˈkləʊʒə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 an act or process of closing.
- 2 a device that closes or seals something.
- 3 (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
- 4 a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved.
– origin ME: from OFr., from late L. clausura, from claus-, claudere ‘to close’.
'closure' also found in these Oxford entries:
bilabial
- blepharospasm
- cloture
- cloze test
- glottal stop
- hartal
- hermetic
- hiccup
- karabiner
- labial
- lateral
- shutdown
- stop
- -ure
