verb Download 🔗Share To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls. Examples : "After the earthquake, the survivors were immured in the collapsed building, waiting for rescue. " action situation law building society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put or bury within a wall. Examples : "After the earthquake, the miners were immured within the collapsed tunnel. " architecture structure action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring. Examples : "The scientist carefully immured the tiny impurities within the growing crystal. " geology chemistry material mineral science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Imprisoned or confined Examples : "The cat, accidentally immured in the closet, meowed loudly until we opened the door. " situation state condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading