encase

en·case

transitive verb \in-ˈkās, en-\

Definition of ENCASE

: to enclose in or as if in a case

Examples of ENCASE

1. Ice encased the trees and power lines after the storm.
2. <fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls>

First Known Use of ENCASE

1633

Related to ENCASE

Synonyms

box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, encage, enclose, envelop, fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)

Related Words

bound, circumscribe, confine, contain, limit, restrict; encircle, encompass, enfold, enframe, enlace, frame, ring, surround; armor, cocoon, encapsulate, encapsule, encyst, ensheathe, ensphere, enwomb

Rhymes with ENCASE

abase, airspace, Alsace, ambsace, apace, backspace, best-case, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, bookcase, bootlace, braincase, briefcase, clubface, crankcase, cyclase, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, emplace, enchase, enlace, erase, euclase, firebase, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, freebase, gyrase, half-space, hard case, headspace, hydrase, Jerez, kinase, lactase, lightface, lipase, lyase, maltase, manes, millrace, milreis, misplace, mutase, notecase, null-space, nutcase, outface, outpace, outrace, paleface, postface, Quilmes, replace, scapegrace, shoelace, showcase, showplace, slipcase, smearcase, someplace, staircase, subbase, subspace, suitcase, tailrace, tenace, typeface, ukase, unbrace, unlace, watchcase, wheelbase, whey-face, whiteface, workplace, worst-case