wall (noun)
1wall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ long, short ▪ thick, thin ▪ massive ▪ …
2wall — ► NOUN 1) a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land. 2) a side of a building or room. 3) a protective or restrictive barrier: a wall of silence. 4) Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against …
3wall plate — noun plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load • Hypernyms: ↑plate * * * noun Etymology: Middle English walplate 1. : plate 5a(1) see roof ill …
4wall — [wɔːl ǁ wɒːl] noun FINANCE 1. go to the wall if a business goes to the wall, it fails, especially because of financial difficulties: • One of the highest flyers in the computer industry went to the wall a year ago because of trouble handling a… …
5wall rue — noun small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America • Syn: ↑wall rue spleenwort, ↑Asplenium ruta muraria • Hypernyms: ↑spleenwort * * * noun or wall rue spleenwort …
6wall — noun 1》 a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land. ↘a side of a building or room. 2》 a protective or restrictive barrier likened to a wall: a wall of silence. 3》 Soccer a line of defenders forming …
7wall painting — noun a painting that is applied to a wall surface • Syn: ↑mural • Derivationally related forms: ↑mural (for: ↑mural), ↑muralist (for: ↑mural) …
8wall plug — noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑wall socket, ↑electric outlet, ↑electrical outlet, ↑outlet, ↑electric receptacle • Hypernyms: ↑ …
9wall fruit — noun : fruit borne by trees trained against a wall * * * wall fruit noun 1. A fruit tree growing against a wall 2. Its fruit • • • Main Entry: ↑wall * * * wall fruit, fruit from trees or other plants trained to grow against a wall, as for… …
10wall tent — noun a canvas tent with four vertical walls (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑canvas, ↑canvass * * * noun : a tent with four perpendicular cloth walls * * * a tent having four perpendicular sides, usually larger and with more headroom than… …
