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wall

  • noun
  • /wɔːl/

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

Other meanings

  1. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

    “The town wall was surrounded by a moat.”

  2. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.

Example sentences

  • “The cave walls got narrower and narrower.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “A shadow moved across the wall.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “Our walls are pink.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "weall" (wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wall” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.