Synonyms of encasing

encasing

verb

present participle of encase

as in housing

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• enclosing
• surrounding
• confining
• including
• enveloping
• caging
• penning
• closeting
• hedging
• corralling
• containing
• boxing (in)
• fencing (in)
• restricting
• walling (in)
• hemming (in)
• mewing (up)
• cooping (up)
• bounding
• encaging
• encompassing
• encircling
• immuring
• circumscribing
• limiting
• encapsulating
• enfolding
• enframing
• ringing
• armoring
• cocooning
• ensheathing
• framing
• enlacing
• encysting
• encapsuling
• enwombing
• ensphering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encasing

Little Miner’s version isn’t so much a riff as an homage, with a flour tortilla encasing queso sauce, tortilla chips, chipotle aioli, lettuce, tomato, raw onion, sour cream and a choice of proteins. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

The denim du jour is all about giving your legs some room to breathe instead of encasing them in snug fabric. — Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 10 July 2026

Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

The 360-degree curved glass walls encasing the galleries offered many glimpses of a face that belonged to me but somehow wasn’t mine. — Stephanie Shih june 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

The concrete cap of a tomb encasing radioactive fallout now has cracks, and what’s beneath can rise from the dead. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026

The crunchy encasing pairs perfectly with the melty cheese and various fillings inside, including cheese, tinga, potato and chorizo, and raja (strips of peppers and onions). — Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026

Pill pockets, like this top option by Greenies, mask the sight and smell of a pill by encasing it in a treat. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026