close off

English - Turkish

Definition of close off in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

isolate or separate

izole veya ayrı

English - English

Definition of close off in English English dictionary

To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter

The police closed off the street while they investigated the murder scene.

Isolate or separate, shut off

Stem the flow of, shut off

Block off the passage through

stem the flow of

isolate or separate

To close something off means to separate it from other things or people so that they cannot go there. Police closed off about 12 blocks of a major San Francisco thoroughfare for today's march = seal off

Turkish pronunciation

klōs ôf

Pronunciation

/ˈklōs ˈôf/ /ˈkloʊs ˈɔːf/

Etymology

[ 'klOz ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English, from Old French clos-, stem of clore, from Latin claudere to shut, close; perhaps akin to Greek kleiein to close; more at CLAVICLE.