Synonyms: 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
Similar words: embankment
Definition: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: partition, divider
Definition: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: wall
Definition: a layer of material that encloses space
Usage: the walls of the cylinder were perforated; the container's walls were blue
Definition: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Usage: slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Definition: (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
Usage: stomach walls
Similar words: stratum
Definition: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: physical object, object
Definition: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
Usage: it was full of rackets, balls and other objects
Synonyms: wall
Definition: a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
Similar words: geological formation, formation
Definition: (geology) the geological features of the earth
Synonyms: wall
Definition: a difficult or awkward situation
Usage: his back was to the wall; competition was pushing them to the wall
Similar words: difficulty
Definition: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
Usage: grappling with financial difficulties
Synonyms: surround, palisade, wall, fence, fence in
Definition: surround with a wall in order to fortify
Similar words: protect
Definition: shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
Usage: Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain