Definition of closure

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• closure is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• closure is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• closure is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of closure

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. block
  2. blockage
  3. occlusion
  4. stop
  5. stoppage
• a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cloture
  2. gag law
  3. gag rule
• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. law of closure
• the act of blocking (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. blockage
  2. occlusion
• approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. closing
• termination of operations (noun)

  Examples

  1. they regretted the closure of the day care center

  Synonyms

  1. closedown
  2. closing
  3. shutdown
• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making (noun)

  Examples

  1. he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure

  Synonyms

  1. resolution
  2. settlement
• terminate debate by calling for a vote (verb)

  Examples

  1. debate was closured

  Synonyms

  1. cloture

See definition of closure in Merriam Webster