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wall
Found in thesaurus: partition, divider, embankment, object, physical object, fence, fencing, stratum, geological formation, formation, layer, bed, difficulty, protect
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wall
v.
enclose with a wall; divide with a wall, fill up with a wall (doorway, etc.); seal with a wall; fortify; (Slang) lean or stand or sit or rest against a wall at a social gathering
n.
side support for buildings; barricade; side; partition
adj.
of a side support for buildings
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WALL
WALL (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Middletown, New York that serves Orange County, New York. WALL is owned by Charles Williamson, through licensee Digital Radio Broadcasting, Inc., and broadcasts at 1340 kHz with 1,000 watts, daytime and nighttime, both nondirectional.
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Wall
A wall is a structure that defines an area, carries a load, or provides shelter or security. There are many kinds of walls:
- Defensive walls in fortification
- Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the superstructure or separate interior sections, sometimes for fire safety
- Retaining walls, which hold back earth, stone, or water
- Walls that protect from oceans (seawalls or rivers levees)
- Permanent, solid fences
- Border barriers between countries
- Brick wall
- Stone wall
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Israeli West Bank barrier
The Israeli West Bank barrier or wall (for further names see here) is a separation barrier built by the Israeli government in the West Bank or along the 1949 Armistice Line known as the "Green Line". Upon completion, its total length will be about and separate about 9.4% of the West Bank and 23,000 Palestinians from the bulk of that territory.
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Nathaniel Wallich
Nathaniel Wallich FRS (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the East India Company. He was involved in the early development of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, describing many new plant species and developing a large herbarium collection which was distributed to collections in Europe. Several of the plants that he collected were named after him.
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wall
Noun
1. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
(hypernym) partition, divider
(hyponym) attic
(part-holonym) building, edifice
(part-meronym) arch, archway
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
2. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
(synonym) rampart, bulwark
(hypernym) embankment
(hyponym) Antonine Wall
(part-holonym) fortification, munition
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
3. anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) footwall
4. a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
(hypernym) fence, fencing
(hyponym) party wall
(derivation) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
5. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
(synonym) paries
(hypernym) stratum
(hyponym) abdominal wall
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
6. a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
(hypernym) geological formation, formation
(part-holonym) cave
7. a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
(hypernym) layer, bed
8. a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
(hypernym) difficulty
Verb
1. surround with a wall in order to fortify
(synonym) palisade, fence, fence in, surround
(hypernym) protect
(hyponym) stockade
(see-also) wall in, wall up
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Wall (der)
nm.
bulwark, rampart, embankment, defensive wall, parapet
wallen
v.
surge, rise and fall in or like waves, seethe, bubble or foam as if boiling, flow, heave, rush, swell
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wall
n.
zeď; hradba; stěna
