n.
Pronunciation: ' kl ō -zh ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin clausura, from clausus, past participle of claudere to close ― more at CLOSE
Date: 14th century
1 archaic : means of enclosing : ENCLOSURE
2 : an act of closing : the condition of being closed < closure of the eyelids> <business closure s >
3 : something that closes <pocket with zipper closure >
4 [translation of French clôture ] : CLOTURE
5 : the property that a number system or a set has when it is mathematically closed under an operation
6 : a set that consists of a given set together with all the limit points of that set
7 : an often comforting or satisfying sense of finality <victims needing closure > also : something (as a satisfying ending) that provides such a sense