plural walls
1
a
: a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defense
—often used in plural
b
: a masonry fence around a garden, park, or estate
c
: a structure that serves to hold back pressure (as of water or sliding earth)
2
: one of the sides of a room or building connecting floor and ceiling or foundation and roof
3
: the side of a footpath next to buildings
4
: an extreme or desperate position or a state of defeat, failure, or ruin
The surrounded troops had their backs against the wall.
5
: a material layer enclosing space
the wall of a container
heart walls
6
: something resembling a wall (as in appearance, function, or effect)
especially
: something that acts as a barrier or defense
a wall of reserve
tariff wall
walled; walling; walls
1
a
: to provide, cover with, or surround with or as if with a wall
wall in the garden
b
: to separate by or as if by a wall
walled off half the house
2
a
: immure
walled the monster up within the tomb—
E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe
b
: to close (an opening) with or as if with a wall
walled; walling; walls
of the eyes
: to roll in a dramatic manner
: to roll (one's eyes) in a dramatic manner
Examples of wall in a Sentence
Noun
A stone wall marks off their property.
the Great Wall of China
the walls of the ancient city
She hung posters on the walls of her room.
This apartment building has thin walls, and you can hear everything your neighbors say.
Muscles in the abdominal wall help protect organs.
Verb (1)
a lake almost entirely walled in by mountains
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
His girlfriend had taken a 38 rifle to the back of his head and plastered most of its contents onto the kitchen wall.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
There was wall to wall Major League Baseball games Wednesday, with four playoff contests being held.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Herodotus reasoned that had Helen in fact been within the walls of Troy instead of in Egypt, the Trojans would surely have surrendered her to the Greeks rather than allow their city to be destroyed.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
His girlfriend had taken a 38 rifle to the back of his head and plastered most of its contents onto the kitchen wall.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
The renderings of the new ballroom show a giant space walled by arched windows and with splashes of gold and room for some 900 people.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
There was wall to wall Major League Baseball games Wednesday, with four playoff contests being held.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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wall
1 of 2 noun1
: a structure (as of brick or stone) meant to enclose or shut off a space
especially
: a side of a room or building
2
: something resembling a wall
especially
: something that acts as a barrier or defense
a tariff wall
3
: a layer of material that encloses space
the heart wall
the walls of a container
walled
adjective
ˈwȯld
wall
2 of 2 verb1
: to provide, separate, or surround with or as if with a wall
wall in the garden
2
: to close off an opening with or as if with a wall
wall up a door
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