encase

en·case

verb \in-ˈkās, en-\

Definition of ENCASE

transitive verb

: 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

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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