CLOSING OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does closing off mean? 

• CLOSING OFF (noun)
  The noun CLOSING OFF has 1 sense:

1. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

  Familiarity information: CLOSING OFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSING OFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

closing off; isolation

Hypernyms ("closing off" is a kind of...):

separation (the social act of separating or parting company)

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

quarantine (isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease)

 Context examples 

By June, satellite imagery showed that a sandbar had formed, closing off the crater.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)