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== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kləʊzd/ (General American) IPA(key): /kloʊzd/ Rhymes: -əʊzd === Adjective === closed (not comparable) Physically obstructed, sealed, etc. Made impassable. Sealed or covered. Physically drawn together, folded or contracted. (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position preventing fluid from flowing. Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc. Not available for use or operation. (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade. Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public. Not receptive. Not public. Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents. (computing, of a file, document, etc.) Not in current use; not connected to as a resource. Completed, finalised. Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration. Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop. (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position allowing electricity to flow. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop. (topology, of a set) Having an open complement. (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable. (geometry, of a curve) Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain. (geometry, of a surface) Lacking a boundary. (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/. (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin. (of a multi-word compound) Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot. (heraldry) Synonym of close. (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight. ==== Synonyms ==== shut (many senses) ==== Antonyms ==== open (many senses) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== close === Verb === closed simple past and past participle of close === Anagrams === Dolces, codels, codles, dolces == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɔsɛd/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== closed m (plural closedau) alternative form of closet === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== closed equative degree of clòs (“close, muggy”) === Mutation === === Mutation ===