Wall - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |wɔːl|  American pronunciation of the word wall
Brit.  |wɔːl|  British pronunciation of the word 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
- anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
a wall of water
a wall of smoke
a wall of prejudice
negotiations ran into a brick wall
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure (syn: paries)
stomach walls
- a difficult or awkward situation
his back was to the wall
competition was pushing them to the wall
- a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- a layer of material that encloses space
the walls of the cylinder were perforated
the container's walls were blue
- a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
the wall followed the road
he ducked behind the garden wall and waited
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (syn: bulwark, rampart)
they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down

verb

- surround with a wall in order to fortify (syn: fence, fence in, palisade, surround)

Extra examples

A stone wall marks off their property.

The Great Wall of China

The walls of the ancient city

She hung posters on the walls of her room.

This apartment building has thin walls, and you can hear everything your neighbors say.

Muscles in the abdominal wall help protect organs.

Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church.

She gazed at the wall of books.

I was just hit by a wall of water.

The police say they met the usual wall of silence.

He barricades himself behind an unassailable wall of self-sufficiency.

The House of Correction is not walled, like other prisons, but is palisaded round about with stakes.

Perhaps this town was walled with stone.

The tall white rocks walled the waste of silent sea.

The estate is surrounded by high stone walls.

Phrasal verbs

wall up  — enclose with a wall

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: wall
he/she/it: walls
present participle: walling
past tense: walled
past participle: walled
noun
singular: wall
plural: walls
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