Meaning

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes..

Definitions by Sense

1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
3. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
4. A point of desperation.
5. A point of defeat or extinction.
6. An impediment to free movement.
7. The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
8. (often in combination) A barrier.

Example Sentences

The town wall was surrounded by a moat.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.  The wind blew against the walls of the tent.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.

They want Abramovich out for obvious reasons, including the optics, and they do not want to send Chelsea to the wall as they consider the club to be of cultural significance to the country.

A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.

Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use.

Word Forms

• walls
• walling
• walled

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Use wall when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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