Learning Center

Dictionary

Type a word in English or Spanish. English is blue, Spanish is rose. Tap any line to hear it.

cloister

English

  1. 🔊 a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
  2. 🔊 residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
  3. 🔊 seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
    “She cloistered herself in the office”
  4. 🔊 surround with a cloister
    “cloister the garden”
  5. 🔊 surround with a cloister, as of a garden

Spanish

  1. 🔊 claustro cloister
  2. 🔊 monjería cloister
  3. 🔊 enclaustrar to cloister, hide

Similar words

religious residence easter sepulcher abbey access adytum aisle alley ambry ambulatory aperture apse arcade areaway artery ashram avenue baptistery blindstory bottle up box in box up breezeway cabin cage