closure

closure
n
1. stoppage, blockage, occlusion, obturation; locking, padlocking, bolting, latching, securing; plugging, stopping, corking, stanching, blocking, damming; strike, walkout, shutdown.
2. conclusion, termination, cessation, windup, Rhet. peroration, Pari. Proc. cloture; completion, culmination, consummation, fulfillment, perfection, realization.
3. lid, top, cover; plug, cork, stopper, stopple, bung; spigot, tap, faucet, valve; joint, joiner, juncture, union, connection, coupler, articulation; lock, padlock, latch, bolt; jam, congestion, impediment, barricade, blockade, barrier, obstruction, obstacle; bulwark, dam, levee, dike.

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