• 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"
• 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"
• a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the Wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden Wall and waited"
• a layer of material that encloses space; "the Walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container''s Walls were blue"
• (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach Walls"
• 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"
• a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
• a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the Wall"; "competition was pushing them to the Wall"
• surround with a Wall in order to fortify

'Wall' in other languages