Wall has 18 different meanings across 4 categories:
Noun · Verb · Intj · Proper 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"
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 difficult or awkward situation
"his back was to the wall"
"competition was pushing them to the wall"
a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
"The climber paused to secure their rope against the sheer limestone wall before making another move up the narrow crevice."
a layer of material that encloses space
"the walls of the cylinder were perforated"
"the container's walls were blue"
a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
"the wall followed the road"
"he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
"The sailor carefully tied a secure wall knot to fasten the sail's halyard before heading out into the storm."
A spring of water.
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
In plain English: A wall is a solid vertical structure that separates spaces or supports a roof.
"The cat jumped over the low wall in the garden."
To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
"The sailor spent the afternoon learning how to properly wall his lines before they were coiled away for storage."
To boil.
To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).
In plain English: To wall something means to cover it with walls or build a structure around it.
"The new rules will definitely wall us out of any chance to compete in the market."
Usage: Use this verb when describing something that physically blocks an area by building up high barriers, such as sand dunes being built to stop erosion. It is often confused with "fence," but implies a solid structure rather than just enclosing space with rails and posts.
Pronunciation spelling of well.
"The teacher wrote her first name on the board, but it looked like a wall to everyone in the class because she mispronounced it as 'well'."
A surname.
"The ancient astronomer marveled at how the Wall constellation formed a protective barrier within the celestial map of the Black Turtle."
A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
The word "wall" comes from the Latin vallum, meaning a rampart or palisade, which entered English through Old English and Middle English. Its ultimate roots trace back to a Proto-Indo-European term for turning or rolling, though some scholars suggest it may also have been influenced by an older word for an interior room divider.