Main entry: closedown, closing, closure, shutdown
Definition: termination of operations
Usage: they regretted the closure of the day care center
Definition: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
Usage: the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
Main entry: occlusion, closure, blockage
Definition: the act of blocking
Main entry: block, blockage, closure, stop, stoppage, occlusion
Definition: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Usage: we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
Main entry: closure, settlement, resolution
Definition: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
Usage: they finally reached a settlement with the union; they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences; he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
Main entry: law of closure, closure
Definition: 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
Main entry: closure, cloture, gag law, gag rule
Definition: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
Definition: terminate debate by calling for a vote
Usage: debate was closured; cloture the discussion