Home › Words › E › enlacementenlacementenlacement · noun — the act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom enlace + -ment, or from French?nounThe act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace.e.g.“Her throat was contracted, her breasts strove against the enlacement of her stays, she was about to weep.” — 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 181:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.enlace 74% match — To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace vs enlacement →enclaspment 71% match — clasp; embrace vs enlacement →enwrapment 68% match — The act of enwrapping; wrapping. vs enlacement →encompassment 66% match — The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded. vs enlacement →envelopment 65% match — The act of enveloping. vs enlacement →interlacement 65% match — The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced. vs enlacement →embracement 65% match — Synonym of embrace, variously; An act of encircling another with one's arms and pulling them to one's chest, a hug. vs enlacement →inlace 64% match — To work in, as in lacework; to embellish with work resembling lace. vs enlacement →