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Roget's Thesaurus

#261. Closure

Nouns

closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up etc. v.; obstruction etc. (hindrance) 706; embolus; contraction etc. 195; infarction; constipation, obstipation; blind alley, blind corner; keddah; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation, imperviousness etc. adj.; impermeability; stopper etc. 263.

Verbs

close, occlude, plug; block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up; blockade, obstruct etc. (hinder) 706; bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the door, shut the door.

Adjectives

closed etc. v.; shut, operculated; unopened. unpierced, imporous, caecal [Med.]; closable; imperforate, impervious, impermeable; impenetrable; impassable, unpassable; invious; pathless, wayless; untrodden, untrod. unventilated; air tight, water tight; hermetically sealed; tight, snug.


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