- wall - 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"
--1 is a kind of partition, divider
--1 is a part of building, edifice; room; hallway, hall
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars:arch, archway; capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher; course, row; doorway, door, room access, threshold; header, coping, cope; paneling, panelling, pane; pier; wainscot, dado; wall panel attic; bearing wall; cavity wall; chimney breast; firewall; gable, gable end, gable wall; parapet; proscenium, proscenium wall; sidewall; wainscoting, wainscotting; Wailing Wall; Hadrian's Wall Derived form: verb wall1 - rampart, bulwark, wall - 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"
--2 is a kind of embankment
--2 is a part of fortification, munition
--2 has particulars:Antonine Wall; bailey; battlement, crenelation, crenellation; Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China; earthwork; fraise; merlon Derived form: verb wall1 - wall - 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"
--3 is a kind of object, physical object
--3 has particulars: footwall; hanging wall- wall - a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
--4 is a kind of fence, fencing
--4 has particulars: party wall; retaining wallDerived form: verb wall1 - wall, paries - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
--5 is a kind of stratum
--5 has particulars: abdominal wall- wall - a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
--6 is a kind of geological formation, formation
--6 is a part of cave- wall - a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
--7 is a kind of layer, bed
- wall - a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
--8 is a kind of difficulty
- wall - a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"