n.
- a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.
▸a side of a building or room.
- a protective or restrictive barrier likened to a wall:
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a wall of silence.
- Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area.
- Anatomy & Zoology the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity.
- Mining the rock enclosing a lode or seam.
- another term for wall brown.
v.
enclose within walls.
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(wall something up)
block or seal a place by building a wall.
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(wall someone in/up)
confine someone in a restricted or sealed place.
Phrase
Derivative
Etymology
OE: from L. vallum ‘rampart’, from vallus ‘stake’.
