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   wall

   /wɔːl/

   noun

   • 1. a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land: "a garden wall" Similar barrierpartitionroom dividerenclosurescreenpanelseparatorpalisadedamdykefortificationrampartbarricadeparapetbulwarkstockadebaileybreastwork
   • ▪ an upright side of a building or room: "opulent rooms with tapestries on the walls"
   • ▪ any high vertical surface, especially one that is imposing in scale: "the eastern wall of the valley"
   • ▪ short for Berlin Wall
   • 2. a thing regarded as a protective or restrictive barrier: "police investigating the murders met a wall of silence from witnesses" Similar obstaclebarrierbarricadefenceimpedimenthindranceblockcheck
   • ▪ a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area: "he curled a free kick around the wall for a late equalizer"
   • 3. the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity: "the wall of the stomach"
   • 4. the rock enclosing a lode or seam.
   • 5. another term for wall brown

   verb

   • 1. enclose (an area) within walls, especially for protection or privacy: "parts of the city's East End had been walled off with concrete barricades" Similar encloseboundencircleconfinehemcircumscribecloseshutfenceseparatepartition
   • ▪ block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it: "one doorway has been walled up" Similar blocksealclosebrick up
   • ▪ confine or imprison someone or something in a restricted or sealed place: "the grey tenements walled in the space completely"

   Word Origin Old English, from Latin vallum ‘rampart’, from vallus ‘stake’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wall-less adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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     4

   • A

     1

   • L

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   • L

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