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wall
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n.
a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land:
a garden wall
farmland traversed by drystone walls.
∎
a side of a building or room, typically forming part of the building's structure.
∎
any high vertical surface or facade, esp. one that is imposing in scale:
the eastern wall of the valley |
fig.
a wall of sound.
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a thing perceived as a protective or restrictive barrier:
a wall of silence.
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Soccer
a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area.
∎ short for climbing wall.
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Mining
the rock enclosing a lode or seam or forming the side of a mine-working.
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Anat. & Zool.
the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity:
the wall of the stomach.
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Biol. see cell wall.
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v. [tr.]
enclose (an area) within walls, esp. to protect it or lend it some privacy:
housing areas that are walled off from the indigenous population.
∎ (wall something up)
block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it:
one doorway has been walled up.
∎ (wall someone/something in/up)
confine or imprison someone or something in a restricted or sealed place:
the gray tenements walled in the space completely.
PHRASES: between you and me and the wallsee bedpost.drive someone up the wall inf.
make someone very irritated or angry.go to the wall inf.
1.
(of a business) fail; go out of business.
2.
support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself:
the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs.
hit the wall
(of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race.off the wall inf.
1.
eccentric or unconventional.
2.
(of a person) angry:
the president was off the wall about the article.
3.
(of an accusation) without basis or foundation.
wall-to-wall
(of a carpet or other floor covering) fitted to cover an entire floor.
∎ inf.
denoting great extent or number:
wall-to-wall customers.
DERIVATIVES:
wall-less
adj.
ORIGIN: Old English, from Latin vallum ‘rampart,’ from vallus ‘stake.’
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Wall-associated kinases are expressed throughout plant development and are required for cell expansion
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...biosynthesis and modification of cell wall components and downstream cytoplasmic...dynamics and synthesis of the cell wall are coordinated with cytoplasmic...uncharacterized. Developing cells have walls that are composed of cellulose...secreted by vesicles. The cell wall also includes ...
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Walls that move: demountable walls remain an in-demand product that wall contractors can benefit from installing.
Magazine article from: Walls & Ceilings; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...tracks. Demountable steel walls do not move as quickly as moveable wall systems but are usually...Demountable gypsum walls consist of vinyl-covered...the wall angle at the wall/ceiling intersection making the finished walls look better then walls...
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WALLS OF STONE REQUIRE TIME, THE RIGHT TOUCH
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/16/1989; ; 700+ words
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Walls, pavers getting trendy. (LM Reports).(Brief Article)
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WALLS CLOSING IN REBORN AS GIANT, HE TAKES AIM AT 49ERS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Johnson's door was always open for Everson Walls last year. Problem was, it was the one with EXIT above it. Walls was as wanted around Dallas by the Cowboys...25th anniversary All-Time team, Everson Walls was finished as far as Jimmy Johnson was...
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Walls, "states" and resistance
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
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THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN; As Northern Ireland's two communities struggle to find common ground, Sunday People reveals how history is uniting the Maiden City: Divided Derry is building a united future - brick by brick.(News)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 8/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; THROUGHOUT the Troubles, walls have been associated with division - yet in Northern Ireland's second city, walls are a source of unity. In Derry, which...conflict of Northern Ireland, the historic walls are bringing people together rather than...
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Walls that rock: our favorite reasons to love dry-stacked stone.(TREND)
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; ...contemporary as the wall shown above, designed...gardens, stone walls tell a geologic...you build a rock wall yourself? You can build low walls, but anything taller...will determine the wall's height. For...build several walls to form terraces...
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Walls of GREEN.
Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Why choose an isolating wall when a pretty hedge can...are beating at the green walls of the fabled New York...agrees that in many cases a wall increases the value of...messy storage unit, And walls are obvious choices for...How about building a wall just three feet high and...
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Wall systems go to school.
Magazine article from: Walls & Ceilings; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...specification for wall systems in a particular...introduction to these walls and their use in...In the past, wall systems were installed...Not in schools. Walls are not relocated...parts with masonry walls and tile floors. The best wall systems utilize...
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Party Wall
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
PARTY WALL A partition erected on a property boundary, partly on the...sides of the boundary. Each person owns as much of a party wall as is situated on his or her land. The wall is subject to cross-easements — reciprocal rights...
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wall
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...area of land: a garden wall farmland traversed by drystone walls. ∎ ...organ or cavity: the wall of the stomach...xA0; Biol. see cell wall . • v...enclose (an area) within walls, esp. to protect it...
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Wall Drug Store, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Wall Drug Store, Inc. 510 Main Street Wall, South Dakota 57709 U.S.A. Telephone: (605) 279-2175...42221 Drugs and Druggist ’ s Sundries Wholesalers Wall Drug Store, Inc. is a unique institution in the annals of American...
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containment walls in environmental management
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...economical and impermeable wall. Containment walls can be constructed using...material within the wall. Containment walls can be constructed in...Continuity of the wall is ensured by using...columns. Containment walls typically reuse most...
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Cell Wall
Book article from: Biology
...is called the cell wall. The composition of cell walls varies widely among...turgor , while the wall keeps the cell from...Eukaryotic Cell Walls Eukaryotic organisms...foods. Bacterial Cell Walls In eubacteria, the cell wall is composed of one...
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