wall
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
How often you will meet it
Rank 630 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 30,411 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- 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 windowthe walls were covered with pictures
- anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect a wall of watera wall of smoke
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure also: paries stomach walls
- a difficult or awkward situation his back was to the wallcompetition was pushing them to the wall
- a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- a layer of material that encloses space the walls of the cylinder were perforatedthe container's walls were blue
wall in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He paused at the turn and swept one hand toward the wall.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Against the farther wall the bed was like an enormous shadow, without form.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The town is full of people, great and small, Each inn is crowded to its very wall.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Down the side wall facing the window stood a row of kitchen chairs from which the older women had just risen.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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I nailed up some shelves and drove nails and staples in the wall and posts to hang things out of the way.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1