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English noun: wall | |||
| 1. | wall (artifact) an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | ||
| Samples | The south wall had a small window. The walls were covered with pictures. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divider, partition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | attic, bearing wall, cavity wall, chimney breast, firewall, gable, gable end, gable wall, parapet, proscenium, proscenium wall, sidewall, wainscoting, wainscotting | ||
| Instance hyponym | Hadrian's Wall, Wailing Wall | ||
| Part holonym | 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 | ||
| Part meronym | building, edifice, hall, hallway, room | ||
| 2. | wall (object) anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect | ||
| Samples | A wall of water. A wall of smoke. A wall of prejudice. Negotiations ran into a brick wall. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | footwall, hanging wall | ||
| 3. | wall (body) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | ||
| Samples | Stomach walls. | ||
| Synonyms | paries | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stratum | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abdominal wall | ||
| Domain category | anatomy, general anatomy | ||
| 4. | wall (state) a difficult or awkward situation | ||
| Samples | His back was to the wall. Competition was pushing them to the wall. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
| 5. | wall (object) a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | formation, geological formation | ||
| Part meronym | cave | ||
| 6. | wall (artifact) a layer of material that encloses space | ||
| Samples | The walls of the cylinder were perforated. The container's walls were blue. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bed, layer | ||
| 7. | wall (artifact) a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | ||
| Samples | The wall followed the road. He ducked behind the garden wall and waited. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fence, fencing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | party wall, retaining wall | ||
| 8. | wall (artifact) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | ||
| Samples | They stormed the ramparts of the city. They blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down. | ||
| Synonyms | bulwark, rampart | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | embankment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bailey, battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, fraise, merlon | ||
| Instance hyponym | Antonine Wall, Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China | ||
| Part meronym | fortification, munition | ||
English verb: wall | |||
| 1. | wall (competition) surround with a wall in order to fortify | ||
| Synonyms | fence, fence in, palisade, surround | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circumvallate, stockade | ||
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