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Immurement

Definition: Immurement

Immurement

Noun

1. The state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Immurement

Synonyms: captivity (n), imprisonment (n), incarceration (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Immurement

English words defined with "immurement": captivityimprisonment, incarceration. (references)

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Modern Translations: Immurement

Language Translations for "immurement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mbyllje brenda, burgim (committal, confinement, Durance, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вграждане, ограничаване (abridgement, limitation, qualification, repression, restraint, retrenchment, stint, stricture), затваряне (closing, imprisonment, incarceration, locking, occlusion, restraint). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uvìznìní (duress, imprisonment, incarceration). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

περιτείχιση (walling in), φυλάκιση (commitment, confinement, custody, duress, imprisonment, incarceration). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bebörtönzés (duress, imprisonment, incarceration). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

immurementay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fechar (bar, berate, box, chain, close, coffin, drubbing, fasten, impound, lock, muriate, occlude, pen and ink, pin down, rail, seal, shut, shut in, snap, stop up, stopple, to close, to close manually, turn off). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заточение (limbo), замуровывание. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zatvaranje (closedown, closure, impoundment, incarceration, locking, occlusion, shutdown), hapšenje (arrest, capture, pickup, round up). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

emparedamiento. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

inspärrning (incarceration). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự xây tường xung quanh, sự giam hãm sự xây v o trong tường, sự giam cầm (detention, fetter), sự chôn v o trong tường. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Immurement

Derivations

Words beginning with "immurement": immurements. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Immurement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mimagreement. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Immurement"

Words rhyming with "immurement" (pronounced 'Im*mure"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. 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Anagrams: Immurement

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-m-m-n-r-t-u"

-2 letters: mutineer.

-3 letters: minuter, retinue, reunite, unmiter, unmitre, uterine.

-4 letters: emetin, entire, ermine, immune, immure, iterum, mentum, mermen, metier, minter, minuet, minute, mummer, murein, murine, mutine, neuter, reemit, remint, retime, retine, retune, tenure, triene, triune, tureen, uniter, unmeet, untrim.

-5 letters: emmer, emmet, enter, enure, inert, inter, inure, merit, meter, metre, mimer, miner, miter, mitre, muter, neume, niter, nitre, remet, remit, rente, retem, retie, rumen, rutin, terne, timer, treen, trine, tuner, unite, unmet, untie, urine, uteri.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-m-m-n-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: immurements.

 

+4 letters: mismeasurement.

 

+5 letters: mismeasurements.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Immurement


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6D 6D 75 72 65 6D 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101101 01101101 01110101 01110010 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#109 &#109 &#117 &#114 &#101 &#109 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006D 006D 0075 0072 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43797987847179718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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