Surrounding

  • 11surrounding — adjective tenants in the surrounding buildings were evacuated as a precaution Syn: neighboring, nearby, near, neighborhood, local; adjoining, adjacent, bordering, abutting; encircling, encompassing …

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  • 12surrounding */*/ — UK [səˈraʊndɪŋ] / US adjective [only before noun] near or all around a place The hotel is ideally located for visiting the city and the surrounding area …

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  • 13surrounding — [səˈraʊndɪŋ] adj around a place The hotel is ideally located for visiting the surrounding area.[/ex] …

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  • 14surrounding — adjective closely encircling (Freq. 11) encompassing mountain ranges the surrounding countryside • Syn: ↑encompassing, ↑circumferent • Similar to: ↑close …

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  • 15surrounding area — index periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16surrounding facts — index circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17surrounding influence — index climate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 18surrounding space — index periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19surrounding gill net — a coastal Japanese net comprised of gill nets inside a surrounding net. The surrounding net is set from boats around a fish school, the gill nets are lowered into the enclosed space that is formed, and fish driven into them from the surrounding… …

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  • 20Surrounding net — A surrounding net is a fishing net which surrounds fish on the sides and underneath. It is typically used by commercial fishers, and pulled along the surface of the water. There is typically a purse line at the bottom, which is closed when the… …

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