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Definition: Meaning of, wall in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wɔːl /

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wall walls
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  1. around an area an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another or surrounds an area [↪  fence]
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  2. in a building one of the sides of a room or building
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  3. body the side of something hollow, especially within the body
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  4. wall of fire/water etc a tall mass of something such as fire or water, that stops anything from getting past
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  5. wall of silence/secrecy a situation in which nobody will tell you what you want to know
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  6. up the wall spoken very angry or annoyed
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  7. off the wall informal very strange or unusual, often in an amusing way
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  8. go to the wall informal if a company goes to the wall, it fails, especially because of financial difficulties
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  9. these four walls spoken the room that you are in, especially considered as a private place
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  10. be/come up against a (brick) wall to reach a point where you cannot make progress, especially because something or someone is stopping you
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  11. be climbing/crawling (up) the walls informal to be feeling extremely anxious, unhappy, or annoyed, especially because you are waiting for something or are in a situation which you cannot get away from
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  12. walls have ears used to warn people to be careful what they say, because other people, especially enemies, could be listening
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  13. hit the wall informal to reach the point when you are most physically tired when doing a sport
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
wall walled walled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
walling walls
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wall used in phrases

  • American wall fern (noun)
    1. chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
  • Antonine Wall (noun)
    1. between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland ; built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain
  • Berlin Wall
    1. a wall that divided East and West Berlin, which was built in 1961 and destroyed in 1989. The COMMUNIST government of East Germany built the wall in order to prevent people from escaping to West Berlin.
  • Chinese Wall (noun)
    1. a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
  • Great Wall (noun)
    1. a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
  • Great Wall of China
    1. the Great Wall of China a large strong wall that was built across northern China during the third century BC to protect the country against enemy armies. It is over 2000 kilometres long.
  • Hadrian's Wall
    1. a stone wall which the Roman EMPEROR Hadrian ordered to be built across the north of England in 122 AD from the east coast to the west, in order to defend Roman Britain from attack by northern tribes such as the Picts
  • Siberian wall flower (noun)
    1. showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
  • Wailing Wall
    1. the Wailing Wall a high stone wall in Jerusalem where Jews go to pray. It is the only remaining part of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed in AD70.
  • Wall Street (noun)
    1. a street in New York which is the most important financial centre in America
    2. the American STOCK MARKET
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