verb🔗ShareTo cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls."After the earthquake, the survivors were immured in the collapsed building, waiting for rescue. "actionsituationlawbuildingsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put or bury within a wall."After the earthquake, the miners were immured within the collapsed tunnel. "architecturestructureactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring."The scientist carefully immured the tiny impurities within the growing crystal. "geologychemistrymaterialmineralscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareImprisoned or confined"The cat, accidentally immured in the closet, meowed loudly until we opened the door. "situationstateconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
