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envelop (in VEL uhp) (verb)
To wrap around; to cover completely; to conceal, to hide: In a play about Mozart, he is visited by someone who chose to envelop himself in a dark cape so as to be unrecognizable.
envelope (EN vuh lohp, AHN vuh lohp") (noun)
A cover or a paper wrapper holder for a letter: Susan remarked, "Vern, don't forget to put a stamp on the envelope before you mail it.
Daphne first decided to envelop the lovely card she was sending to her mother in pink paper before she put it in the envelope to be mailed.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group E; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Greek: cloak, mantle; envelope)
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thermal envelope
A composite structure of building elements separating an interior temperature zone from the exterior zone.
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thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy
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