closing
/ˈkloʊzɪŋ/ noun B1- The act by which something is closed. · openings and closings of doors
- The end or conclusion of something. · the closing of a popular play
- The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
- In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
Plural closings
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She crept to the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and dragged him into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so that no more accidents could happen.
Goodnight.” And before Dantès could open his mouth—before he had noticed where the jailer placed his bread or the water—before he had glanced towards the corner where the straw was, the jailer disappeared, taking with him the lamp and closing the door, leaving stamped upon the prisoner’s mind the dim reflection of the dripping walls of his dungeon.
The three men entered the fatal room together, while the horror-stricken butler followed at their heels, closing the door behind him to shut out the terrible scene from the maid servants.
Through the closing portal,
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