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Definition for: wall

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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Etymology

Old English weall.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

Singular
wall

Plural
walls

wall ( plural walls )

  1. A permanent, substantial partition to separate living spaces in a building.
  2. A structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area.
  3. ( soccer ) Defending players who form a line to block a clear shooting chance from the attacking team's free kick

Related terms

Translations

  • Albanian: mur m
  • Arabic: حائط (ħá:’iʈ) m .
  • Bosnian: zid m .
  • Breton: moger f . , mogerioù pl . , mur f . , murioù pl .
  • Catalan: paret f . , mur m .
  • CJK Characters: 塀
  • Chinese: 牆 (qiáng)
  • Croatian: zid m
  • Dutch: muur
  • Danish: væg
  • Estonian: sein
  • Finnish: seinä (1), muuri (2)
  • French: mur m .
  • Frisian: muorre
  • German: Wand f . (1), Mauer f . (1,2,3), Wall m . (2)
  • Hebrew: קיר m . (1) (kir) , חומה f . (2) (homa)
  • Hindi: दीवार (dīvār)
  • Hungarian: fal ^
  • Icelandic: veggur m . (1), múr m . (2)
  • Ido: muro
  • Italian: muro m .
  • Japanese: 壁 (かべ, kabe)
  • Korean: 벽 (byeok)
  • Kurdish: dîwar (ku) m . , kelhe (ku) f .
  • Latin: murus m .
  • Latvian: siena
  • Lithuanian: siena
  • Marathi: भिंत (bhint)
  • Old English: weall m .
  • Polish: ściana f . (1), mur m . (2)
  • Portuguese: parede f . (1), muralha f . (2), muro m . (2)
  • Romanian: perete m .
  • Russian: стена (stená) f .
  • Sardinian: muru m
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: зид m .
    Roman: zid m .
  • Slovene: zid m . (1,2), stena f . (1)
  • Spanish: pared f . , muro m .
  • Swedish: vägg c . (1), mur c . (2,3)
  • Tagalog: dinding (1), padér (2)
  • Telugu: గోడ (gODa)
  • Turkish: duvar (1, 2), sur (2)

Verb

to wall ( third-person singular simple present walls , present participle walling , simple past walled , past participle walled )

Infinitive
to wall

Third person singular
walls

Simple past
walled

Past participle
walled

Present participle
walling

  1. ( with "in" ) To enclose by surrounding with walls.

Other Translations for "wall"

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Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
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Binary 1110111 1100001 1101100 1101100
Hex77616C6C
Pig Latinallway

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