wall

/wɔːl/ · noun

Meaning

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
A point of desperation.
A point of defeat or extinction.
An impediment to free movement.
To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
To boil.
To well, as water; spring.
A spring of water.
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).
An exclamation of indignance.
Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.
(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting

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