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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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WALL definition: 1. a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or surrounds something: 2. any…. Learn more.
1. a. : a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defenseoften used in plural. b. : a masonry fence around a garden, park, or estate. c. : a structure that serves to hold back pressure (as of water or sliding earth) 2.
Definitions of wall. 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. a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) see more.
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.
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.
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 meaning, definition, what is wall: an upright flat structure made of stone ...: Learn more.
to enclose, shut off, divide, protect, border, etc., with or as if with a wall (often fol. by in or off): to wall the yard; to wall in the play area; He is walled in by lack of opportunity. to seal or fill (a doorway or other opening) with a wall: to wall an unused entrance.
