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- Dictionarywall/wɔːl/
noun
- 1. a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land: "a garden wall" Similar
- 2. a thing regarded as a protective or restrictive barrier: "police investigating the murders met a wall of silence from witnesses" Similar
verb
- 1. enclose (an area) within walls, especially for protection or privacy: "parts of the city's East End had been walled off with concrete barricades" Similar
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: one of the sides of a room or building connecting floor and ceiling or foundation and roof. 3. : the side of a footpath next to buildings. 4. : an extreme or desperate position or a state of defeat, failure, or ruin. The surrounded troops had their backs against the wall. 5. : a material layer enclosing space. the wall of a container. heart walls
WALL definition: 1. a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or surrounds something: 2. any…. Learn more.
noun. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure. “the south wall had a small window”. “the walls were covered with pictures”. see more. noun.
Wall definition: any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.. See examples of WALL used in a sentence.
1. any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy. 2. an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc., suggesting a wall: a wall of prejudice.
A wall is a long narrow vertical structure made of stone or brick that surrounds or divides an area of land. He sat on the wall in the sun. The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high. 3. countable noun. The wall of something that is hollow is its side. He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box. [ + of] 4. countable noun.
a long, solid structure that rises straight up from the ground, made of stone, brick or concrete, that surrounds, divides or protects an area of land. to build a wall. a brick/concrete wall. The fields were divided by stone walls.
WALL definition: 1. one of the vertical sides of a room or building: 2. a vertical structure made of brick or stone…. Learn more.
wall. noun. /wɔl/ a long, vertical, solid structure, made of stone, brick, or concrete, that surrounds, divides, or protects an area of land The fields were divided by stone walls. He sat on the wall and watched the others playing. see sea wall. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
Wall definition: An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
