wall (noun)

  • 31wall creeper — noun crimson and grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa • Syn: ↑tichodrome, ↑Tichodroma muriaria • Hypernyms: ↑creeper, ↑tree creeper • Member Holonyms: ↑Tichodroma, ↑ …

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  • 32wall fern — noun mat forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia • Syn: ↑common polypody, ↑adder s fern, ↑golden maidenhair, ↑golden polypody …

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  • 33wall rock — noun a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault • Hypernyms: ↑rock, ↑stone * * * noun : a rock through which a fault or vein runs : the country rock next to a fault, vein, or ore deposit * * * Mining. the rock forming the walls of a vein.… …

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  • 34wall lizard — noun a) A small, thin species of lizard found in Europe and North America, taxonomic name Podarcis muralis. b) Any lizards of the genus Podarcis Syn: common wall lizard, European wall lizard …

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  • 35wall socket — noun a) A mains electricity power point mounted in or on a wall inside a dwelling or other building. b) Any outlet or recess in a wall …

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  • 36wall hanging — wall ,hanging noun count a large piece of cloth that you can hang on a wall as a decoration …

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  • 37wall unit — wall ,unit noun count a cabinet that is fixed to a wall …

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  • 38wall eye — noun 1》 an eye squinting outwards. 2》 an eye with a streaked or opaque white iris. 3》 (walleye) a North American pikeperch with large, opaque silvery eyes. [Stizostedion vitreum.] Derivatives wall eyed adjective Origin C16: back form. from… …

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  • 39wall bars — ► PLURAL NOUN Brit. ▪ parallel horizontal bars attached to the wall of a gymnasium, on which exercises are performed …

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  • 40wall panel — noun paneling that forms part of a wall • Hypernyms: ↑paneling, ↑panelling, ↑pane • Part Holonyms: ↑wall …

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