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intermural

adjective
in·ter·mural | \ ¦intə(r)+ \

Definition of intermural 

: lying between walls

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Other words from intermural

intermurally \"+ \ adverb

History and Etymology for intermural

Latin intermuralis, from inter- + muralis of a wall

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