SkyfireDict

cloister   (TTS Sound)

The noun cloister has 2 senses

• religious residence, cloister -- (residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery))


• cloister -- (a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions))

The verb cloister has 3 senses

• cloister -- (surround with a cloister, as of a garden)


• cloister -- (surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden")


• cloister -- (seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office")