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wall
wɔːl Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.
    E.g. a garden wall
  • a thing regarded as a protective or restrictive barrier.
    E.g. police investigating the murders met a wall of silence from witnesses
  • the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity.
    E.g. the wall of the stomach
  • the rock enclosing a lode or seam.
  • another term for wall brown.
verb
  • enclose (an area) within walls, especially for protection or privacy.
    E.g. parts of the city's East End had been walled off with concrete barricades

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