Synonyms for wall
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1. wall(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 window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

2. wall(noun)

   anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

   "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

3. wall, paries(noun)

   (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

   "stomach walls"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

4. wall(noun)

   a difficult or awkward situation

   "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

5. wall(noun)

   a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

6. wall(noun)

   a layer of material that encloses space

   "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

7. wall(noun)

   a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

   "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

8. rampart, bulwark, wall(verb)

   an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

   "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

   Synonyms:
   bulwark, breakwater, mole, paries, groyne, rampart, groin, jetty, seawall

9. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround(verb)

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

   Synonyms:
   fence, surround, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ

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1. wall(n)

   Synonyms:
   foundation, partition, defense, breastwork, rampart, battlement, bulwark, parapet, fortification

   Associated words:
   mural, murage dado, buttress, coping, intramural, wainscot, alcove, niche, abutment, pointing, fresco, studding, underpinning

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1. List of paraphrases for "wall":

   fence, walls, wail, barrier, mural, muro, mauer, mur, zid, muraille, waii, fal, sidewall, siena, breakwall, berm, paredes, lining

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1. Marc Broude:

   Do dead people like music? I hope they listen to mine if they do, in their coffins, in the cold underworld, between the mind and the body in an insomniac wall of sleep.

2. Anuj Somany:

   Evil spirit or ghost haunts the house whose owner or any family member hangs the self-portrait as the wall post of the dwelling unit.

3. Paul Steck:

   I want my onions grilled when I order them, and I want my pita warm from the oven, not the microwave. To me, that’s fresh. while most of the industry has gone to bagged lettuce product—there’s a whole wall of that stuff in the grocery store now—we take full heads of lettuce and chop them each day.

4. Peter Lowman:

   After a lot of sabre-rattling, we are seeing Shanghai suffering a lot more than Wall Street, so clearly the first round (of trade war) has been won by America. Unfortunately, that then overflows into emerging markets and Europe, so it's not a pretty time for investors.

5. Todd Sears:

   Doing good for the LGBT community is a business imperative and does actually impact the bottom line, markets are rational and discrimination like this is irrational. It was never a really hard push to get these Wall Street firms to support this.

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