wall

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA: /wɔl/

Noun

wall (plural walls)

1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
   • The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
3. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
   • We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.  The wind blew against the walls of the tent.
4. A point of desperation.
5. A point of defeat or extinction.
6. An impediment to free movement.
   • A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
7. The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
   • Synonym: wall brown
8. (often in combination) A barrier.
   • a seawall;  a firewall
9. A barrier to vision.
10. Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
    • a wall of sound;  a wall of water
11. (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
12. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
    • Synonym: chandelier
13. (US, slang, medicine) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
    • Antonym: sieve
14. (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
15. (roller derby) Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
16. (mining) Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
17. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
18. (role-playing games) A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
19. (slang, seduction community, chiefly definite) The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
20. (historical) The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian.
21. (cycling) A very steep slope.

Verb

wall (third-person singular simple present walls, present participle walling, simple past and past participle walled)

1. To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
   • He walled the study with books.

Verb

wall (third-person singular simple present walls, present participle walling, simple past and past participle walled)

1. To boil.
2. To well, as water; spring.

Noun

wall (plural walls)

1. (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.

Noun

wall (plural walls)

1. (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

Verb

wall (third-person singular simple present walls, present participle walling, simple past and past participle walled)

1. (transitive, nautical) To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

Interjection

wall

1. (US) Pronunciation spelling of well.

Anagrams

• lawl

Verb

wall

1. singular imperative of wallen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of wallen

Noun

wall

1. Alternative form of wale (“selection, preference”)

Adjective

wall

1. Alternative form of wale

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɑl/, /wal/

Noun

wall (plural walls)

1. A well.