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Definition: Wall

Wall

Noun

1. An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures".

2. An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down".

3. Anything that suggests a wall in structure or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice".

4. A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited".

5. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls".

6. A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain).

7. A layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue".

8. A difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall".

Verb

1. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "wall" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Wall

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Satire

WALL :STREET:, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!" Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail; Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail, Go back to your isle of perpetual brume, Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume: Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray -- Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away! While still you're possessed of a single baubee (I wish it were pledged to endowment of me) 'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance Lest its value decline ere your credit advance. For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea, Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free! Anonymus Bink. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Computing

Wall interj. [WPI] 1. An indication of confusion, usually spoken with a quizzical tone: "Wall??" 2. A request for further explication. Compare octal forty. 3. [Unix, from `write all'] v. To send a message to everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall(8) utility. It is said that sense 1 came from the idiom `like talking to a blank wall'. It was originally used in situations where, after you had carefully answered a question, the questioner stared at you blankly, clearly having understood nothing that was explained. You would then throw out a "Hello, wall?" to elicit some sort of response from the questioner. Later, confused questioners began voicing "Wall?" themselves. Source: Jargon File.

Bible

Wall Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (1 Kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (Isa. 26:1; 60:18; Rev. 21:12-20). (See FENCE.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Building & Civil Engineering

A vertical building component with enclosing or subdividing function; it can be an internal wall or an external wall, loadbearing or non loadbearing. Source: European Union. (references)

Energy

A vertical structural element that holds up a roof, encloses part or all of a room, or stands by itself to hold back soil. (references)

Geography

Rock mass on one side of a fault. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Wall (The), from the Tyne to Boulness, on the Solway Firth, a distance of eighty miles. Called-
The Roman Wall, because it was the work of the Romans.
Agricola's Wall, because Agricola made the south bank and ditch.
Hadrian's Wall, because Hadrian added another vallum and mound parallel to Agricola's.
The Wall of Severus, because Severus followed in the same line with a stone wall, having castles and turrets.
The Picts' Wall, because its object was to prevent the incursions of the Picts.
The wall of Antoninus, now called Graeme's Dyke, from Dunglass Castle on the Clyde to Blackness Castle on the Forth, was made by Lollius Urbicus, legate of Antoninus Pius, A.D. 140. It was a turf wall.
Wall To give the wall. Nathaniel Bailey's explanation of this phrase is worth perpetuating. He says it is "a compliment paid to the female sex, or those to whom one would show respect, by letting them go nearest the wall or houses, upon a supposition of its being the cleanest. This custom," he adds, "is chiefly peculiar to England, for in most parts abroad they will give them the right hand, though at the same time they thrust them into the kennel."
To take the wall. To take the place of honour, the same as to choose "the uppermost rooms at feasts." (Matt. xxiii. 6.) At one time pedestrians gave the wall to persons of a higher grade in society than themselves.
"I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's."- Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, i. l.
To go to the wall. To be put on one side; to be shelved. This is in allusion to another phrase, "Laid by the wall"- i.e. dead but not buried; put out of the way.
To hang by the wall. To hang up neglected; hence, not to be made use of. (Shakespeare: Cymbeline, iii. 4.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mechanical Engineering

Any part delimiting a hollow space in a machine. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

Lateral walls of a gas producer. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. The side of a level or drift b. The country rock bounding a vein laterally. The side of a lode; the overhanging side is known as the hanging wall and the lower lying side as the footwall. See also:hanging wall; footwall. Syn:walls of a vei c. The face of a longwall working or stall, commonly called a coal wall d. A rib of solid coal between two rooms; also, the sides of an entr. (references)

Slang in 1811

WALL. To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-nouse. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Cell wall

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A cell wall is a more or less solid layer surrounding a cell. They are found in most bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae. Animals and most other protists have cell membranes without surrounding cell walls.

Plant cell walls

Plant cell walls have two main functions: to provide rigidity for the cell, and to prevent expansion when water enters the cell. Made of insoluble cellulose fibres meshed in to a matrix of carbohydrates called pectates and hemicelluloses, they give the plant strength and support. The cell wall is generally permeable to anything entering the cell in solution unless impregnated with lignin in wood or suberin in cork tissue to produce wood.

The primary cell wall, built by the plant first, is composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at all angles. Microfibrils are held together by hydrogen bonds to provide a high tensile strength. After the maximum size necessary has been reached, a secondary wall is constructed below. Unlike the primary wall, the microfibrils are aligned mostly in the same direction, and with each additional layer the orientation changes slightly.

Cell walls of neighbouring cells are held together by a shared gelatinous membrane called the middle lamella, which contains magnesium and calcium pectates (salts of pectic acid).

Bacterial cell walls

Cell walls of bacteria are primarily used for protection against hostile envorinments or, in the case of pathogenic bacteria, against the immune system of the host. They contain peptidoglycan, which can be made visible in Gram-positive bacteria by Gram staining. The cell walls of bacteria are also vital for containing the high osmotic pressure inside bacterial cells caused by the high concentration of solutes in the cytoplasm, which can often be as high as 15 atmospheres. Many antibiotics, including penicillin and its derivatives, target the cell wall of bacteria.

Fungal cell walls

The cell walls of fungal cells are composed of chitin, the same carbohydrate that gives strength to the exoskeletons of insects. They serve a similar purpose to those of plant cells, giving fungal cells rigidity and strength to hold their shapes.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cell wall."

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Defensive wall

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Defensive walls were common from the ancient period into the medieval period. Generally, these are referred to as city walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China and the Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose vast regions.

City walls were still occasionally used as late as the 19th Century although by this time they were generally of wood (rather than stone) construction and used only around small frontier settlements. City walls also had towers and were frequently surrounded by trenches.

The practice of building these massive walls had been developed sometime before the rise of the Sumerian Empire and was connected with the rise of city-states.

Oftentimes the walls proved impenetrable to attacking armies which then laid siege to the city.

Within walled cities, the poor and "noxious trades" were generally located near or outside the walls.

China

Chinese cities occasionally have remnants of city walls that were built in the Ming Dynasty and designed to withstand artillery bombardment. Chinese cities generally outgrew their walls, which fell into disrepair in the Qing dynasty. The walls of Xian are still well-preserved.

The walls of Beijing were demolished during the 1960s to open large streets around the city. A metro line also follows the location of the former city walls.

Walled villages can still be found in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Croatia

England

Fragments of London Wall the wall that once surrounded the Roman town of Londinium are still visible just outside the Museum of London.

The remnants of the city walls of York are both a shortcut above the streets and, as in many places, a tourist attraction.

France

Germany

The German Democratic Republic claimed that the Berlin Wall was not defensive; but rather was intended to prevent unauthorized emigration.

Israel

Middle East

Morocco and Western Sahara

In the 1980s Morocco built a system of sand wall defenses, the Western Sahara walls, to keep the Polisario out of the Western Sahara.

Spain

Portions of a Roman wall are still standing in Barcelona, and many Spanish cities, such as Avila and Toledo, have medieval walls.

Turkey

United States

Wall Street, in New York City, is named after New York's old city wall, long since dismantled.

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Larry Wall

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Larry Wall is the developer of the Perl programming language. Wall is also known as the original author of the rn Usenet software, and the nearly universally used patch. He has won the IOCCC twice, and was the recipient of the first Free Software Foundation award for the Advancement of Free Software in 1998.

Beyond his technical skills, Wall is known for his wit and often ironic sense of humor which he displays in the comments to his source code or on Usenet (e.g. "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise")

Larry Wall is a linguist by trade, which helped him with his book writing. He is the co-author of Programming Perl (often called the Camel Book)(preview online), which is the definitive resource for Perl programmers. He also edited books such as the Perl Cookbook (preview online: 2nd edition 1st edition). All of the books that he edited or co-wrote are published by O'Reilly.

See also: Famous programmer

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List of walls

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This is a list of famous walls. Ideally walls on this list should be noteworthy for some reason and have Wikipedia articles.

See also: defensive wall, firewall, fortification

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of walls."

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Vual

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In demonology Vual is a mighty Great Duke of Hell, commanding thirty-seven legions of demons. He gives the love of women, causes friendship between friends and foes, and tells things past, present and to come.

Vual is depicted as a dromedary that after a while changes shape into a man, and speaks the Egyptian language, but not perfectly, with a deep voice.

Other spellings: Uvall, Voval, Wal, Wall.

See also The Lesser Key of Solomon, Ars Goetia.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vual."

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Wall

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A wall is a usually solid structure that separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air. Walls have two main purposes: to support roofs and ceilings, and to divide space, providing security against intrusion and weather.

Before the invention of artillery, many European cities had protective walls. Since they are no longer relevant for defense, the cities have grown beyond their walls, and many of the walls have been torn down.

The term "the Wall" frequently referred to the Berlin Wall, erected during the Cold War, which fell in 1989.

See also: List of walls, The Wall, Wallpaper, Dike (construction).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Wall."

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Wall, Pennsylvania

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Wall is a borough located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 727.

Geography


Wall is located at 40°23'36" North, 79°47'16" West (40.393468, -79.787692)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 727 people, 324 households, and 197 families residing in the borough. The population density is 637.9/km² (1,641.0/mi²). There are 363 housing units at an average density of 318.5/km² (819.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 97.25% White, 2.06% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.28% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 324 households out of which 22.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% are married couples living together, 13.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% are non-families. 35.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.24 and the average family size is 2.84. In the borough the population is spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $26,595, and the median income for a family is $32,500. Males have a median income of $25,500 versus $23,333 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $14,720. 16.7% of the population and 10.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 40.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.3% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Wall, Pennsylvania."

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Wall, South Dakota

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Wall is a town located in Pennington County, South Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 818.

Geography


Wall is located at 43°59'30" North, 102°14'27" West (43.991559, -102.240956)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.1 mi²). 5.2 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.94% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 818 people, 349 households, and 212 families residing in the town. The population density is 156.4/km² (404.2/mi²). There are 438 housing units at an average density of 83.7/km² (216.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 91.44% White, 0.24% African American, 6.11% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.49% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 349 households out of which 28.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% are married couples living together, 7.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% are non-families. 35.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 3.03. In the town the population is spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $36,563, and the median income for a family is $45,417. Males have a median income of $29,286 versus $19,821 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,848. 8.7% of the population and 5.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.4% are under the age of 18 and 12.8% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Wall, South Dakota."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Wall

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

Wall

EnglishWallaceLaw

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Wall

Synonyms: bulwark (n), paries (n), rampart (n), fence (v), fence in (v), palisade (v), surround (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Wall

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Hindrance

Beaver dam; trocha; barricade; (defense); wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper; boom, dam, weir, burrock.

Lining

Wainscot, parietes, wall.

Prison

Bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Wall

English words defined with "wall": abdominal wallbearing wall, Blank wall, Blind wall, Bowlder wallDead wall, dry wall, dry-stone wall, Dwarf wallFlint wall, Foot wallgable wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of ChinaHadrian's Wall, hanging wall, Hot wallLedger wall, Lich wall, Lift wallParty wall, proscenium wallretaining wallSea wallTo take the wallWailing Wall, Wall box, wall clock, Wall frame, Wall fruit, wall hanging, wall in, Wall knot, Wall lizard, Wall newt, wall painting, wall panel, Wall pie, Wall piece, Wall plate, wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, wall unit, wall up. (references)
Specialty definitions using "wall": adiabatic wall temperature, anchor wall, apron wallbaffle wall, breast wall, bridge wall, bund wallCavity Wall, Cell Wall Skeleton, compound wall, core wall, curtain wall, cut off wall of sheetpilesdry stone wallface wall, fire wall, FLOOR AND WALL APPLIER, LIQUID, free wallGo to the Wall, gob wallHandwriting on the Wall, hanging wall drift, hanging wall of a fault, hello, wall!jamb wallLarry Wall, lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome, Load-Bearing Wall, longitudinal wall, Lying by the Wallmud wall cakeNéel wall, nailed to the walloutside wallpack wall, parapet wallring wallsand wall, shaft wall, sheet pile wall, sheet-pile wall, shelf retaining wall, spandrel wall, Stuck his Spoon in the Wall, SUPERVISOR, WALL MIRROR DEPARTMENT, supporting walltied retaining wall, top wall, Trombe WallWALKING UP AGAINST THE WALL, walking wall crane, wall chase, wall clearance, wall clock time, Wall Cloud, wall friction, wall impedance, wall off, Wall Orientation, wall time, Water Wall, wax wall, Wooden Wall. (references)
Etymologies containing "wall": Vallum. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Wall" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (bank, bulwark, embankment, mound, parapet, rampart).

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Modern Usage: Wall

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Screenplays

Your answers are not on that wall. They're out there, where you've been working (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I've seen an agent punched through a concrete wall. Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air, yet their strength and their speed are still based in a world that is built on rules (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

If the wall is breech, Helms Deep will fall (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

My daddy'll kick your daddy's ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too. (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

I smashed his head against a wall. (Gandhi; writing credit: John Briley)

Lyrics

Do the Wall Street shuffle (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

Ooh you had me crawling up the wall. (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC)

Speak to me, why are you building this thick brick wall to defend me when your silence is my greatest fear (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

You know you drive me up the wall (Crazy; performing artist: Aerosmith)

We'll hang some memories on the wall (I Swear; performing artist: All-4-One)

Clever

Some people reach the top of the ladder of success only to find it is leaning against the wrong wall. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser (1972)

The Great Wall of China (1970)

Wall Street Walker (1970)

Mirror Off the Wall Mirror (1969)

Wall of Flesh (1967)

Song Titles

Off The Wall (performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (performing artist: Pink Floyd)

Flowers On The Wall (performing artist: The Statler Brothers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wall

DomainTitle

References

  • Takahashi Curtain Wall Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Wall Data Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Wall Street Deli, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Great Wall Cybertech Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Komatsu Wall Industry Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Shootout on Wall Street: The $4000 to $1000000 Formula in Less Than a Year (reference)

  • Aaron Carter 2003 Mini Wall Calendar (reference)

  • Abdominal Wall Hernias: Principles and Management (reference)

  • Gene Dreams: Wall Street, Academia, and the Rise of Biotechnology (reference)

  • Successful Living Rooms: Project Ideas and Instructions to Build a Bar, Entertainment Center, Conversation Pit, Accent Wall, Fireplaces (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Porter-Cable 43227 1/8" Burr, Wall Tile and Cement Board Bit, SC, 1/8" Shank (reference)

  • Polder Remote Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer & Wall Clock with Calendar (reference)

  • Rösle Wall Attachment with Cap, Stainless Steel (reference)

  • Wall Hanging - Laura Ashley - Sarah (reference)

  • Toastmaster 358 Cool Wall 6-Slice Toaster Oven with Removeable Liner (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Wall

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Photo Album: Wall

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Line drawing showing the lining of the GI tract: colorectal (muscularis). The walls of the digestive tract have four layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and serosa. The inner-most layer is the mucosa, a membrane that forms a continuous lining of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. In the large bowel, this tissue contains cells that produce mucus to lubricate and protect the smooth inner surface of the bowel wall. Connective tissue and muscle separate the muscosa from the second layer, the submucosa, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and mucus-producing glands. Next to the submucosa is the muscularis externa, consisting of two layers of muscle fibers-one that runs lengthwise and one that encircles the bowel. The fourth layer, the serosa, is a thin membrane that produces fluid to lubricate the outer surface of the bowel so that it can slide against adjacent organs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pictured is a laboratory shot of a computer-assisted tomographic (CAT) scanner. Pictured is a technician working at a screen and behind a glass wall. A patient is on a table and being tested by the CAT scanner. The lighting is very subdued. This new technology revolutionized detection of brain tumors. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Transmission electron micrograph of Candida species. CW - cell wall, PM - plasma membrane, M - mitochondria, V - vacuole, N - nucleus. Credit: CDC.

Illustration showing molecular architecture of cell wall of Candida albicans. Credit: CDC.

Terraced Wall Crater on the Lunar Limb. Credit: NASA.

Camp at Station Wall South Base with tent blown down by high wind Astro party of E. J. Brown. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"Another one of those things" Freshet - 10' wall of water washes truck down creek bed. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Remains of seventy-year old mutton Hanging on wall of Scott's Hut Point Shelter. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Purse seining. Salmon swimming near the surface are surrounded with a wall of netting, which is supported by floats. Lines are then drawn tight in the lower surface of the net to "purse" it into a baglike shape. The fish are then bailed out of the net. F&WL C-1163. Credit: Fisheries.

Eye wall of hurricane. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Wall
 

"Wall reflection" by Cactusbloom1@cs.com
Commentary: "Reflection."
"Red wall" by Ryan White
Commentary: "Aluminium ladder, shadows and red wall."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Wall".

PlayCaption
Racquet ball hitting the wall.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Wall

AuthorQuotation

George E. Danielson

[TryIng to obtain information from Mr. Mitchell was] Like trying to nail a drop of water to the wall.

Horace

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Miguel de Cervantes

There's no striving against the stream; and the weakest still goes to the wall.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every wall is a door.
Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

Themistocles

The wooden wall is your ships.

Tori Amos

I have a love for shoes. I collect them. Race cars, paintings; those aren't my thing. I just hang shoes on the wall. They're architecture, you know?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Wall

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The term "harbours, shall include the north-east mole, the west wall, the outer and inner breakwaters, and reclaimed land within them, and all naval and military works, fortifications, and buildings, constructed or under construction, between lines connecting the following positions taken from the British Admiralty chart No.126 of April 19, 1918: (a) lat. 54° 10' 49" N.; long. 7° 53' 39" E.; (b) ­54° 10' 35" N.; ­ 7° 54' 18" E.; (c) ­54° 10' 14" N.; ­ 7° 54' 00" E.; (d) ­54° 10' 17" N.; ­ 7° 53' 37" E.; (e) ­54° 10' 44" N.; ­ 7° 53' 26" E. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Wall

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Sylvie said nothing, till she had carefully examined whether the wall opened anywhere

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

As the words were spoken, they passed through the wall, and stood upon an open country road, with fields on either hand

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

But there is still the ruined wall, and, near it, the stealthy tread of the foe that would win over again his unforgotten triumph

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

A capstone of the wall had been thrown down

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The fire rose and fell on the wall.

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The kitchen was empty of furniture, stove gone and the round stovepipe hole in the wall showing light

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

He has a noble palace, and a park of about three thousand acres, surrounded by a wall of hewn stone twenty feet high

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Man was not made so large limbed and robust but that he must seek to narrow his world and wall in a space such as fitted him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Wall

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Wall of small pulmonary artery thickens. (references)

Septum--In the heart, a muscle wall separating the chambers. (references)

In IC, the bladder wall may be irritated and become scarred or stiff. (references)

Business

In July 1994, BOC issued the first Great Wall IC Card in Hainan province. (references)

Producers of textile wall coverings had few reasons to be happy in the past two years. (references)

The Berlin Wall became the symbol of the East's political debility and the division of Europe. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

In May 2000, the High Court ruled that women could pray aloud and wear prayer shawls at the Western Wall. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

The Conservative movement is experimenting with conducting services at a different, recently excavated portion of the wall. (references)

Yemen

A small bomb blasted a 12-foot hole in the wall of Christ Church in Aden on New Year's Day; there were no reported injuries. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

English readers in Belgium can also choose from the International Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Journal Europe. (references)

Spain

TIME, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Miami Herald, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal are also represented in Madrid. (references)

Belgium

DecoContract is for upholstery textile, floor and wall covering suppliers to the institutional markets, such as hotel groups, hospitals, cruise lines, etc. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

On June 23, 98 inmates (including 19 guerrillas) escaped from La Picota prison by blowing a hole in a wall with a gas cylinder. (references)

Colombia

On February 19, 20 prisoners escaped from the prison in Neiva, Huila department, when the FARC blew a hole in the wall with a rocket. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The report documented that after a prisoner was released, he was expected to throw alcohol, weapons, and drugs back over the prison wall for use by his gang. (references)

Trade

Australia

After shielding its industry for most of the twentieth century behind a wall of tariff protection, Australia began reducing some of its tariffs in the early 1970s, followed in the mid-1980s by an economy-wide program of tariff reductions in the most protected industries including automobiles and textiles. (references)

Travel

Honduras

Major sources of English-language news are the Latin American air express editions of the Miami Herald, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and USA Today. (references)

Mexico

The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Journal of Commerce, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald and USA Today usually arrive the day of or the day after publication. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

For example, three workers in Dubai died after a concrete wall fell on them while they were eating breakfast. (references)

Sri Lanka

There are credible reports that some soldiers attached to an army camp north of Batticaloa forced local villagers to build a wall around the camp during 2000, and that they beat individuals who refused to comply. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BODY-:SNATCHER:, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker. The hyena. "One night," a doctor said, "last fall, I and my comrades, four in all, When visiting a graveyard stood Within the shadow of a wall. "While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink! "Shocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade." Bettel K. Jhones

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Wall

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dan Rather

Well, in the same way that the U.S. military has names for operations such as Operation Desert Storm, Anaconda, the Israeli military has their version of that. And they do call this, you know, Operation Protective Wall.

Dennis Miller

America's ripe with slobs who won't drink any wine unless it's so sweet, every time they take a sip they look up to see if the Kool-aid man is crashing through the wall.

Rush Limbaugh

People trust Congress more than Wall Street!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Wall

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817Instead of Leveling as far as possible, every obstacle to the victorious progress of Truth, the Bill with an ignoble and unchristian timidity would circumscribe it with a wall of defense against the encroachments of error.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989The only thing that would fall was the Berlin Wall.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Wall

"Wall" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.67% of the time. "Wall" is used about 11,795 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.67%11,048840
Noun (proper)6.3%7439,146
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.02%2245,945
                    Total100.00%11,795N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Wall

The following table summarizes the usage of "wall" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
WallLast name21,000555
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Wall

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "wall".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AbishurN/ABiblical

Father of the wall

CyreneN/ABiblical

A wall

GederN/ABiblical

A wall

HamathN/ABiblical

A wall

Hamath-zobahN/ABiblical

The wall

KirN/ABiblical

Wall

KirharasethN/ABiblical

Wall of burnt brick

KithlishN/ABiblical

It is a wall

ShihonN/ABiblical

Wall of strength

ShurN/ABiblical

Wall

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Wall

CountryNameCountryName
China

Great Wall Technology Co Ltd

Hong Kong

Great Wall Cybertech Ltd

Japan

Komatsu Wall Industry Co., Ltd.

Taiwan

Great Wall Enterprise

USA

Wall Data Incorporated

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Wall


1. Wall, NJ
Zip Code(s): 07719
Country: USA


2. Wall, PA (borough, FIPS 80600)
Location: 40.39317 N, 79.78509 W
Population (1990): 853 (368 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 15148
Country: USA


3. Wall, SD (town, FIPS 68380)
Location: 43.99157 N, 102.23913 W
Population (1990): 834 (421 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 57790
Country: USA


4. Wall, TX
Zip Code(s): 76957
Country: USA

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Expressions: Wall

Expressions using "wall": a blind wall a ring in the wall abdominal wall Abdominal Wall Inflammation american wall fern anchor wall baffle wall bang one's head against a wall be a fly on the wall bearing wall big Gray Wall Blank wall blind wall Bowlder wall breast wall brick wall bridge wall bund wall cavity wall cell wall Cell Wall Skeleton chest wall Chinese wall Choir wall clamber over a wall climb a wall climb over a wall cob wall compound wall concrete wall curtain wall cut off wall of sheetpiles dead wall decorated wall decorated wall tile dividing wall double wall drive smb. to the wall drive smb. up the wall drive to the wall drive up the wall driven to the wall dry stone wall dry wall Dwarf wall end wall fault wall fire wall fixed to the wall Flint wall Foot wall gable wall give smb. the wall go to the wall great wall great wall of china hadrian's wall hanging wall have one's back to the wall heading wall Hot wall inner wall interior wall internal wall jump over a wall Larry Wall lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome lean against the wall lean up against the wall Ledger wall Lich wall Lift wall Long wall longitudinal wall Néel wall nail a coonskin to the wall nail a notice on a wall nailed to the wall on the wall on the wrong side of the wall on wall painted wall parapet wall partition wall party wall perforated wall perimeter wall post a wall proscenium wall protective wall push smb. to the wall read the notice on the wall rest a ladder against the wall retain wall retaining wall ruined wall run one's head against a wall run one's head against the wall scrape against the wall sea wall send smb. up the wall. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "wall": wall-alley, wall-bars, wall-bashing, wall-bed, wall-blood, wall-board, wall-boards, wall-bound, wall-bracket, wall-brackets, wall-builder, wall-builders, wall-building, wall-cabinet, wall-calendar, wall-chart, wall-climbing, wall-clinging, wall-clock, wall-courses, wall-covering, wall-coverings, wall-cut, wall-enclosed, wall-end, wall-exhibition, wall-eye, wall-eyed, wall-eyed herring, wall-eyed perch, wall-fireplace, wall-fixed, wall-fixing, wall-flower, wall-flowers, wall-forced, wall-fresco, wall-hanging, wall-hangings, wall-head, wall-heaters, wall-hooks, wall-hung, wall-ladder, wall-lamp, wall-length, wall-less, wall-light, wall-lights, wall-like, wall-map, wall-mirror, wall-mount, wall-mounted, wall-nest, wall-nosed, wall-of-money, wall-painter, wall-painting, wall-paintings, wall-panel, wall-panels, wall-paper, wall-papers, wall-peg, wall-phone, wall-plane, wall-planner, wall-plaque, wall-plaques, Wall-plat, wall-plate, wall-plates, wall-plug, wall-posters, wall-power, wall-powered, wall-racks, wall-rail, wall-recessed, wall-region, wall-reliefs, wall-rock, wall-rocks, wall-roof, wall-sconces, wall-scounces, wall-screen, Wall-sided, wall-size, wall-sized, wall-space, wall-speaker, wall-standing, wall-system, wall-tablet, wall-texts, wall-thickness, wall-to-ceiling, wall-to-gate, wall-top, wall-tops, wall-to-wall, wall-to-wall carpet, wall-to-wall carpeting, wall-to-wall-carpeted, wall-track, wall-trenches, wall-type, wall-units, wall-walk, wall-walks, wall-washer, wall-washers, wall-washing.

Ending with "wall": backs-to-the-wall, back-to-the-wall, body-wall, cell-wall, fly-on-the-wall, hole-in-the-wall, long-wall, off-the-wall, sea-wall, side-wall, spell-wall, wall-to-wall.

Containing "wall": fly-on-the-wall-style, party-wall-parapet, text-on-the-wall-as-art.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wall

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wall street journal

7,777

wall bed

463

wall street

2,798

wall sconces

446

great wall of china

1,978

pink floyd the wall

446

retaining wall

1,861

wall decoration

407

wall covering

1,820

antarctica great wall

395

wall

1,749

stone wall

378

wall clock

1,521

tv wall mount

364

wall murals

1,366

viet nam wall

361

wall mural

1,239

wall map

355

great wall

1,222

wall painting

328

berlin wall

1,147

wall tile

299

art wall

1,120

wall tapestry

283

wall mirror

868

wall calendar

276

wall decor

843

wall oven

273

wall border

733

in wall speaker

256

wall unit

718

climbing wall

252

wall fountain

647

block retaining wall

249

wall shelf

562

wall mart

244

wall hangings

478

wall safe

244

wall stencil

478

computer wall paper

240
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wall

Language Translations for "wall"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

muur. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mur (enclosure, inclosure, masonry). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فصل بجدار, ‏هزيمة (beating, debacle, defeat, discomfiture, drubbing, licking, overthrow, repulse, reverse, rout, thrashing, trimming), ‏وضع حرج (position, stymie), ‏غطى الجدران بشىء ما, ‏حاط (degrading, guard, sitting), ‏حائط, ‏حبس ضمن جدران, ‏سور (mure), ‏جداري (parietal), ‏جدار (dike), ‏إخفاق (baulk, bust, deadlock, failure, fizzle out, frost, lemon, miscarriage, miss, screw, setback, smash, turkey, unsuccess, wrack). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

perqa. (various references)

   

Basque

  

orma. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стенен (mural), стена (dike, groan, moan, side, sigh, sough, whine), ограждам със стена, ограждам със стени, обвивка на клетка, обвивка на орган, нещо което прилича на стена, заграждам със стена (inwall), зид, преграждам със стена, дувар. (various references)

   

Catalan

  

paret. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

牆壁 , , , (rampart), 墙壁 (Walling, wall-less, Walls), . (various references)

   

Czech

  

zeï, zeď, zídka, val (bulwark, rampart), stìna (face, side), ohradit (enclose, fence, fence in, fence off, Park, rail in), ohrada (barrier, enclosure, fence, hoarding, paling, pen), obehnat zdí, hradba (parapet, rampart). (various references)

   

Danish

  

væg (partition, septum), mur. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wand (banks, partition, sidewalls, walls), muur (chickweed, stichwort). (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

pirca. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

vando, muro. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

veggur, skilarúm, múrur (rampart). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

محصورکردن (Close, Compass, Inclose, Pale, Yard), حصاردارکردن , حصار (Barrier, Cramp, Enclosure, Fence, Fold, Fort, Hag, Hedge, Inclose), جدار (Curtain, Septum), دیواری (Mural), دیوارکشیدن , دیوار (Bulkhead, Curtain, Enclosure, Fence, Screen). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

seinä (banks, partition, sidewalls, walls), seinämä (partition), muuri (fireplace). (various references)

   

French

  

paroi (cell wall, furrow wall, pore wall), mur, cloison (cell wall, partition wall, pore wall). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

muorre, lewant. (various references)

   

Galician

  

muralla. (various references)

   

German

  

Wand (barrier, coiled, face, partition, screen, septum, side, wreathed, wriggled), Mauer (mural, screen). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τοίχος. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

mur. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כותל. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fal (gobble, gorge, gormandize, make a pig of oneself, to engorge, to glut, to gut, to guzzle, to ply one's jaw, to stuff oneself). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dinding (buttress). (various references)

   

Irish

  

múr, falla, balla. (various references)

   

Italian

  

muro (sheet), parete (side). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

. (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょうへき (barrier, enclosing wall, fence), かべ, ウォール , へい (3rd in rank, be in a row, equal, fence, get together, lean on, lie heavy, line up, rank with, recline on, rival, third sign of the Chinese calendar). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(Walls). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

mur. (various references)

   

Malay

  

dinding. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur boalley mygeayrt er, boalley (bulwark, dyke, wall building), boal (swelling). (various references)

   

Maya

  

pak. (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

ahsonhta. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

vegg. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

paret. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

muraya. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allway.(various references)

   

Polish

  

mur, ściana. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

parede (partition, strike), muro (gate, windbreak). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zidi (brick in, brick up, build, construct, create, embed, erect, immure), zid (barrier, bulwark), val (bank, crape, dike, mound, roll, sea, surf, surge, wave), troian (drift, heap, snow drift, trojan), perete, gard (fence, fencing, hedge, hurdle, palisade, rail, railing), întãri cu ziduri, îngrãdire (enclosing, enclosure, fence, pale), îngrãdi (bar, close, enclose, girdle, hedge, like, pale, protect, rail in, ring, surround, swaddle), înconjura cu ziduri, împrejmui cu ziduri. (various references)

   

Romansch

  

mir. (various references)

   

Romany

  

doovàri. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стена (side, wall of partition). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

balla. (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

leboto. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zidni (mural), zid (barrier), ograditi zidom. (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

muragghia. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pared (corral), muro (banks, bulkhead, floor, footwall, sidewalls, walls), tabique (partition, partition wall, room divider, screen). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

seypranga. (various references)

   

Swahili

  

ukuta. (various references)

   

Swazi

  

lú-bondza. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vägg (partition), mur (mound, screen). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

tabíke, dingdíng. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ใช้เงินแบบโง่ๆ (โดยเฉพาะหมดไปกับการพนัน การดื่มเหล้า และยาเสพย์ติด) (spunk it up the wall). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zar (bones, cortes, die, film, integument, lamina, membrane, pellicle, skin, tegument, velum), tecrit etmek (insulate, isolate, put in quarantine, quarantine, segregate, sequester, shut off), sur (bulwark, rampart, the last trump, the trump of doom), set (bank, barrage, barrier, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, floodgate, groyne, obstruction, rampart, seawall, set, setting, studio, Weir), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, enclose, furl, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off), duvarla çevirmek (wall in, wall up), duvar (barrier, dike, enclosure, inclosure, mural), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, winnow), çeper. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

seссer (bank, rampart), haяat (fence), diwar. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стінка, стіна (side), розділяти стіною, шпалера (espalier, trellis), варити сіль, огороджувати, обгороджувати стіною, оплот (bulwark, citadel, rampart, redoubt), закочувати, будувати перегородки, перешкода (back-set, baffle, balk, bar, barricade, barrier, block, bridle, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, cramp, cumber, dike, disability, discouragement, drawback, dyke, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hold back, interference, leap, marplot, nuisance, obex, objection, obstacle, obstruction, obstructive, occlusor, preclusion, pullback, stop, trammels, traverse). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vách thàn, thất bại dồn ai vào chân tường, thành luỹ (bastion, citadel, fastness, held, hold), tường (settlement), khánh kiệt (dog). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

mur, gwal. (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

pak'. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wall

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

sig, zig. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

maceria, maceriae, maceriam, maceriarum, macerias, muri, muris, murisque, muro, murorum, muros, murum, murumque, murus, paries, pariete, parietem, parietes, parieti, parietibus, parietis, parietum, valle, valli, vallis, vallisque, vallo, vallorum, vallum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Wall

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 9, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintLabonteV de auton oi maqhtai nuktoV kaqhkan dia tou teicouV calasanteV en spuridi
Latin405VulgateAccipientes autem discipuli eius nocte per murum dimiserunt eum submittentes in sporta
Middle English1395WyclifBut hise disciplis token hym bi nyyt, and delyuereden hym, and leeten him doun in a leep bi the wal.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen ye disciples toke him by night and put him thorow the wall and let him doune in a basket.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Victorian English1833WebsterThen the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Basic English1964OgdenBut his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Wall

LanguageActs Chapter 9, Verse 25
Albanianatëherë dishepujt e morën natën dhe e zbritën poshtë nga muri, në një shportë.
Cebuanoapan gikuha siya sa iyang mga tinun-an sa takna sa kagabhion ug ilang gikanaug siya sa paril, gitonton sulod sa usa ka alat.
Chinese他 的 門 徒 就 在 夜 間 、 用 筐 子 把 他 從 城 牆 上 縋 下 去 。
Croatianali ga uèenici noæu uzeše i preko zidina oprezno spustiše u košari.
DanishMen hans Disciple toge ham ved Nattetid og bragte ham ud igennem Muren, idet de firede ham ned i en Kurv.
DutchDoch de discipelen namen hem des nachts, en lieten hem neder door den muur, hem aflatende in een mand.
FinnishMutta hänen opetuslapsensa ottivat hänet yöllä, päästivät hänet muurin aukosta ja laskivat alas vasussa.
FrenchMais, pendant une nuit, les disciples le prirent, et le descendirent par la muraille, dans une corbeille.
GermanDa nahmen ihn die Jünger bei der Nacht und taten ihn durch die Mauer und ließen ihn in einem Korbe hinab.
HungarianA tanítványok azért vevén õt éjjel, a kõfalon bocsáták alá, leeresztve egy kosárban.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTetapi pada suatu malam, pengikut-pengikut Saulus mengambil dia, lalu menurunkannya di dalam sebuah keranjang melewati tembok kota.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamatetapi murid-murid-Nya mengambil dia pada waktu malam, diulurkannya ke bawah dari tembok di dalam suatu keranjang.
Italianma i suoi discepoli di notte lo presero e lo fecero discendere dalle mura, calandolo in una cesta.
Korean그 의 제 자 들 이 밤 에 광 주 리 에 사 울 을 담 아 성 에 서 달 아 내 리 니 라
MaoriOtiia i mau nga akonga ki a ia i te po, tukua iho ana e ratou ra te taiepa i roto i te kete.
Norwegianmen hans disipler tok ham om natten og slapp ham ut gjennem muren, idet de firte ham ned i en kurv.
Portugueseos discípulos, tomando-o de noite, desceram-no pelo muro, dentro de um cesto.   
RumanianDar kntr`o noapte, ucenicii l-au luat wi l-au coborkt prin zid, dkndu -l jos kntr`o cowniyq.
RussianхЮЕОЙЛЙ ЦЕ ОПЮША, ЧЪСЧ ЕЗП, УРХУФЙМЙ РП УФЕОЕ Ч ЛПТЪЙОЕ.
ShuarNuna antukar Yus-shuar Sáurun chiiknium kashi enkeawar itiararmiayi. Pepru tanishnum itiarar awemarmiayi.
SpanishEntonces sus discípulos tomaron a Saulo de noche y le bajaron por el muro en una canasta.
SwahiliLakini wakati wa usiku wanafunzi wake walimchukua, wakamteremsha chini ndani ya kapu kubwa kwa kupitia nafasi iliyokuwako ukutani. ic
Swedishtogo hans lärjungar honom en natt och släppte honom ut genom muren, i det att de sänkte ned honom i en korg.
UmaJadi', apa' hawe'ea wobo' radongo, Saulus kana mpali' akala-na bona ma'ala-i metibo' ngkai ngata. Toe pai' rala-na hamengi, ba hangkuja dua ana'guru-na Saulus mpokeni-i hilou hi wala tana' to mpotololiki ngata Damsyik, rapopohura-i hi rala karanci, pai' -i ra'ulu hi rala karanci toe ngkai lolo wala tana' hilou hi mali ngata, pai' kaliliu metibo' -imi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wall

Derivations

Words beginning with "wall": walla, wallabies, wallaby, wallah, wallahs, wallaroo, wallaroos, wallas, wallboard, wallboards, walled, wallet, wallets, walleye, walleyed, walleyes, wallflower, wallflowers, wallie, wallies, walling, wallop, walloped, walloper, wallopers, walloping, wallops, wallow, wallowed, wallower, wallowers, wallowing, wallows, wallpaper, wallpapered, wallpapering, wallpapers, walls, wally, wallydraigle, wallydraigles. (additional references)

Words ending with "wall": drywall, firewall, footwall, gadwall, inwall, multiwall, seawall, sidewall, stonewall, whitewall. (additional references)

Words containing "wall": chuckawalla, chuckawallas, chuckwalla, chuckwallas, codswallop, codswallops, drywalls, firewalled, firewalling, firewalls, footwalls, gadwalls, inwalled, inwalling, inwalls, seawalls, sidewalls, stonewalled, stonewaller, stonewallers, stonewalling, stonewalls, swallow, swallowable, swallowed, swallower, swallowers, swallowing, swallows, swallowtail, swallowtails, unwalled, whitewalls. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Wall" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awal, Awali, awol, kwell, qall, qwell, qwill, rwell, waal, wael, wahl, wal, wala, walle, wallo, wally, walo, walp, Walu, walz, warl, wel, wella, welly, welo, welq, wil, willa, willl, Willm, wlap, wll, wlly, woal, wolp, wolq, wral, wual, wul, wulle, wyl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wall"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "wall" (pronounced wô"l)
3w ô" lsquall.
2-ô" lall, appall, ball, bawl, befall, brawl, call, crawl, drawl, enthral, forestall, gall, hall, haul, Spall, sprawl, stall, tall, install, Lall, Mall, maul, mol, Pol, Sall, Saul, scrawl, Shaul, shawl, small, thrall.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wall

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-l-w"

-1 letter: all, awl, law.

-2 letters: al, aw, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-l-w"
 

+1 letter: allow, walla, walls, wally.

 

+2 letters: allows, callow, fallow, hallow, inwall, lawful, mallow, sallow, tallow, wallah, wallas, walled, wallet, wallie, wallop, wallow.

 

+3 letters: allowed, awfully, dewfall, drywall, fallows, gadwall, gallows, hallows, hallway, inwalls, lawless, lawlike, lowball, lowland, mallows, maxwell, rollway, sallows, sallowy, sawbill, sawmill, seawall, shallow, swallow, tallows, tallowy, tollway, wadmoll, wailful, wallaby, wallahs, wallets, walleye, wallies, walling, wallops, wallows, waxbill, waybill.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Frequency
18. Names: Derived from
19. Names: Company Usage
20. Cities
21. Expressions
22. Expressions: Internet
23. Translations: Modern
24. Translations: Ancient
25. Bible Trace
26. Abbreviations
27. Acronyms
28. Derivations
29. Rhymes
30. Anagrams
31. Bibliography


  

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