Engelsk navneord: wall | |||
1. | wall (om genstand) an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The south wall had a small window. The walls were covered with pictures. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | divider, partition | ||
Mere specifikke termer | attic, bearing wall, cavity wall, chimney breast, firewall, gable, gable end, gable wall, parapet, proscenium, proscenium wall, sidewall, wainscoting, wainscotting | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Hadrian's Wall, Wailing Wall | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | arch, archway, capstone, cope, copestone, coping, coping stone, course, dado, door, doorway, header, pane, paneling, panelling, pier, room access, row, stretcher, threshold, wainscot, wall panel | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | building, edifice, hall, hallway, room | ||
2. | wall (om ting) anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A wall of water. A wall of smoke. A wall of prejudice. Negotiations ran into a brick wall. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | object, physical object | ||
Mere specifikke termer | footwall, hanging wall | ||
3. | wall (i anatomi) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Stomach walls. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | paries | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | stratum | ||
Mere specifikke termer | abdominal wall | ||
Overordnet emneområde | anatomy, general anatomy | ||
4. | wall (om tilstand) a difficult or awkward situation | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His back was to the wall. Competition was pushing them to the wall. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | difficulty | ||
5. | wall (om ting) a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | formation, geological formation | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | cave | ||
6. | wall (om genstand) a layer of material that encloses space | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The walls of the cylinder were perforated. The container's walls were blue. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | bed, layer | ||
7. | wall (om genstand) a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The wall followed the road. He ducked behind the garden wall and waited. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fence, fencing | ||
Mere specifikke termer | party wall, retaining wall | ||
8. | wall (om genstand) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They stormed the ramparts of the city. They blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | bulwark, rampart | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | embankment | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bailey, battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, fraise, merlon | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Antonine Wall, Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | fortification, munition | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: wall | |||
1. | wall (om konkurrence) surround with a wall in order to fortify | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | fence, fence in, palisade, surround | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | protect | ||
Mere specifikke termer | circumvallate, stockade | ||