Meaning : An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness. Used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.
Example :
The south wall had a small window.
The walls were covered with pictures.
Meaning : Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.
Example :
A wall of water.
A wall of smoke.
A wall of prejudice.
Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
Meaning : (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
Example :
Stomach walls.
Synonyms : paries
Meaning : A difficult or awkward situation.
Example :
His back was to the wall.
Competition was pushing them to the wall.
Meaning : A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain).
Meaning : A layer of material that encloses space.
Example :
The walls of the cylinder were perforated.
The container's walls were blue.
Meaning : A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden).
Example :
The wall followed the road.
He ducked behind the garden wall and waited.