Main entry: rampart, bulwark, wall
Definition: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
Usage: they stormed the ramparts of the city; they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
Main entry: wall
Definition: an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
Usage: the south wall had a small window; the walls were covered with pictures
Main entry: wall
Definition: a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
Usage: the wall followed the road; he ducked behind the garden wall and waited
Main entry: wall
Definition: a layer of material that encloses space
Usage: the walls of the cylinder were perforated; the container's walls were blue
Definition: (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
Usage: stomach walls
Main entry: wall
Definition: anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
Usage: a wall of water; a wall of smoke; a wall of prejudice; negotiations ran into a brick wall
Main entry: wall
Definition: a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
Main entry: wall
Definition: a difficult or awkward situation
Usage: his back was to the wall; competition was pushing them to the wall
Main entry: surround, palisade, wall, fence, fence in
Definition: surround with a wall in order to fortify