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wall noun 1. an upright work or structure of stone, brick, or similar material, serving for enclosure, division, support, protection, etc., as one of the upright enclosing sides of a building or a room, or a solid fence of masonry. 2. ( usually plural ) a rampart raised for defensive purposes. 3. anything which resembles or suggests a wall: a wall of prejudice. 4. a wall-like enclosing part, thing, mass, etc.: a wall of fire; a wall of troops. 5. an embankment to prevent flooding. 6. the external layer of structural material surrounding an object, as an organ of the body or a plant or animal cell. 7. Mountaineering a vertical or nearly vertical stretch of unbroken rock. -- adjective 8. of or relating to a wall. 9. growing against or on a wall. 10. situated or placed in or on a wall. -- verb (t) 11. to fill up (a doorway, etc.) with a wall. -- phrase 12. be wall to wall with, to be crowded with; covered with. 13. go to the wall, a. to give way or suffer defeat in a conflict or competition. b. to fail in business, or become bankrupt. 14. up the wall, Colloquial in or into a state of exasperation, confusion, etc.: washing dishes drives me up the wall. 15. wall in, to enclose with or as with a wall. 16. wall off, to shut off or separate with or as with a wall. 17. wall up, to shut up within walls; entomb; immure. 18. with one's back to the wall, in a very difficult predicament. [ME and OE, from L vallum ] -- walled, adjective -- wall-less, adjective -- wall-like, adjective |
