wall

1. An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness;
   Used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure (synset 104554141)
   "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
   is a type of: divider, partition - a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
   subtypes:

   • attic - (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
   • bearing wall - any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building
   • cavity wall - a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them
   • chimney breast - walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base
   • firewall - a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
   • gable, gable end, gable wall - the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
   • parapet - a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
   • proscenium, proscenium wall - the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater
   • sidewall - a wall that forms the side of a structure
   • wainscoting, wainscotting - a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
   specific instances:

   • wailing wall - a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon
   • hadrian's wall - an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
   has:

   • arch, archway - a passageway under a curved masonry construction
   • capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher - a stone that forms the top of wall or building
   • course, row - (construction) a layer of masonry
   • door, doorway, room access, threshold - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
   • cope, coping, header - brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
   • pane, paneling, panelling - a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
   • pier - (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
   • dado, wainscot - panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
   • wall panel - paneling that forms part of a wall
   is a part of:

   • building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
   • hall, hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
   • room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
2. Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect (synset 109497292)
   "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
   is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
   subtypes:

   • footwall - the lower wall of an inclined fault
   • hanging wall - the upper wall of an inclined fault
3. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure (synset 105612009)
   "stomach walls"
   referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
   is a type of: stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
   subtypes: abdominal wall - a wall of the abdomen
   same as: paries
4. A difficult or awkward situation (synset 114588360)
   "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
   is a type of: difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
5. A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) (synset 109497542)
   is a type of: formation, geological formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
   is a part of: cave - a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
6. A layer of material that encloses space (synset 104555107)
   "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
   is a type of: bed, layer - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
7. A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) (synset 104554878)
   "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
   is a type of: fence, fencing - a barrier that serves to enclose an area
   subtypes:

   • party wall - a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners
   • retaining wall - a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
8. An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (synset 104058937)
   "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
   is a type of: embankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
   subtypes:

   • bailey - the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
   • battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
   • earthwork - an earthen rampart
   • fraise - sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
   • merlon - a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement
   specific instances:

   • antonine wall - a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain
   • chinese wall, great wall, great wall of china - a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
   is a part of: fortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
   same as: bulwark, rampart

1. Surround with a wall in order to fortify (synset 201133033)
   is a type of: protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
   subtypes:

   • stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify
   • circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
   same as: fence, fence in, palisade, surround

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