wall in

verb

walled in; walling in; walls in
Synonyms of wall innext
: to surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall
The school grounds are walled in.
They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.

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Among the ditty dozen were two on the kitchen floor, one behind a cookline cooler, one on a kitchen wall, two behind a prep table and two on a wall in the prep table area. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Machado nearly tied Game 4 with a 406-foot drive off reliever Abner Uribe, but Mitchell coolly tracked it down and reached just above the short wall in right-center to keep it in the yard. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 One person died and two others were seriously injured after a car crashed into a concrete wall in North San Jose early Thursday, police said. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Cronenworth lined JoJo Romero’s first pitch of the fifth over the wall in right for only his second hit this postseason. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wall in

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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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