enclave

Meaning of enclave

noun
  1. A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
    The republic of San Marino is an enclave of Italy.
  2. A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
    ...it tends to make marriage itself a lifestyle enclave.
  3. An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.

verb

To enclose within a foreign territory.

Information about enclave

Hyphenation of enclave

en-clave

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • enclave is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of enclave

Anagrams of enclave

levance, Valence, valence

Words that rhyme with enclave

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