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wall `noun` [ wɔːl ]

• a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.

• "a garden wall"

Similar: barrier, partition, room divider, enclosure, screen, panel, separator, palisade, dam, dyke, fortification, rampart, barricade, parapet, bulwark, stockade, bailey, breastwork,

• a thing regarded as a protective or restrictive barrier.

• "police investigating the murders met a wall of silence from witnesses"

Similar: obstacle, barrier, barricade, fence, impediment, hindrance, block, check,

• the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity.

• "the wall of the stomach"

• the rock enclosing a lode or seam.

• another term for wall brown.

wall `verb`

• 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: enclose, bound, encircle, confine, hem, circumscribe, close, shut, fence, separate, partition,

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

drive someone up the wall

• make someone very irritated or angry.
"it's driving me up the wall trying to find out who did what"

go to the wall

• (of a business) go out of business; fail.
"thousands of firms are expected to go to the wall this year"

go up the wall

• become very angry in reaction to something.
"this causes the dog to go up the wall and bark his head off"

hit the wall

• (of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race.
"marathon runners found they often hit the wall after 17 or 18 miles"

off the wall

• eccentric or unconventional.
"a zany, wacky, off-the-wall weirdo"

walls have ears

• be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping.

wall-to-wall

• (of a carpet) fitted to cover an entire floor.
"he padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting"

wall noun [ wɔːl ]

wall verb