ENVELOPMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of enclosing something inside something else

Synonyms:

enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("envelopment" is a kind of...):

insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "envelopment"):

boxing; packing (the enclosure of something in a package or box)

encasement; incasement (the act of enclosing something in a case)

Derivation:

envelop (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)