immure

Meanings

Plural: immures

Verb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
To put or bury within a wall.
To wall in.
To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

Noun

A wall; an enclosure.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from in- + mūrus (“wall”). Modern spelling is modelled after the Latin.

Synonyms

cloister, confine, gaol, hem up, imprison, incarcerate, inter, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand

Scrabble Score: 10

immure is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
immure is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
immure is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

immure is a valid Words With Friends word