Defined
Defined adjective - Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary.
Surrounded and defined are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrounded" instead the word "Defined" as an adjective or a verb.
Surrounded
Surrounded adjective - Confined on all sides.
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Synonyms for Surrounded
Defined and surrounded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defined" instead the word "Surrounded" as an adjective or a verb.
Nearby Words: surround, surrounding
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Though the decade is never properly defined, Fido is set in a kind of alternate-history Fifties where a Zombie Apocalypse nearly wiped out humanity approximately twenty years before, and survivors live in fortress-like Stepford Suburbias surrounded by zombiefied wasteland.
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A block is formally defined as a plot of land surrounded by streets.
Source: Hiroshima as a Unit of Measure
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