wall

Plural: walls

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
  • "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
  • "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
• A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
• A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
• Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
• A point of desperation.
• A point of defeat or extinction.
• An impediment to free movement.
• The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
• A barrier.
• Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.
• A means of defence or security.
• One of the vertical sides of a container.
• A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
• A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
• A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
• A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
• Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
• Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
• A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
• A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
• Face-down tiles arranged in stacked rows from which players draw new tiles.
• The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
• The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian; said to be taken or given.
• A very steep slope.
• A spring of water.
• A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

Verb

Verb Forms: walled, walling, walls

• To enclose, divide, or protect something with a wall.
• surround with a wall in order to fortify
• To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
• To use a wallhack.
• To wallbang.
• To boil.
• To well, as water; spring.
• To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

Intj

• Pronunciation spelling of well.

Examples

• a seawall; a firewall
• A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
• a wall of sound; a wall of water; a wall of smoke obscured their view of enemy forces
• He tried to wall off his opponent’s access to the triple-word score.
• He walled the study with books.
• I built a wall between myself and the bullies.
• I walled her. She's low [health].
• The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
• We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.  The wind blew against the walls of the tent.

Synonyms

bulwark, fence, fence in, palisade, paries, rampart, surround, chandelier, profile, wall brown

Antonyms

sieve

Related Words

overwhelm, well

Anagrams of wall