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noun ADJ. high, low | long, short | thick, thin | massive | back, front, side | bare, blank to stare at a blank wall | exterior, external, outer, outside | inner, inside, interior, internal | adjoining | dividing, partition, party | boundary, perimeter | retaining They built a retaining wall around the pond. | load-bearing If a load-bearing wall is weakened, the building could fall down. | pannelled | bathroom, kitchen, etc. | brick, masonry, stone, etc. | city, garden, harbour, sea VERB + WALL build, erect, put up | demolish, destroy, pull down | climb (over), scale The burglars must have scaled the side wall. | jump down from, jump over | cover, line, paint, paper, plaster She covered her walls with pictures of film stars. WALL + VERB stand | enclose sth, surround sth | face sth the wall facing the door WALL + NOUN clock, light | cupboard, unit | covering, decoration, hanging, tile PREP. against a/the ~ She leant against the wall. | behind a/the ~ Nobody can see behind the wall. | on a/the ~ She hung the photos on the wall. | ~ along the wall along the seafront | ~ around/round high walls around the prison | ~ of (figurative) a solid wall of fog
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with WALL, Also see BACK TO THE WALL; BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST THE WALL; BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE LAMPPOST (FOUR WALLS); CLIMB THE WALLS; DRIVE SOMEONE CRAZY (UP THE WALL); FLY ON THE WALL; GO TO THE WALL; HANDWRITING ON THE WALL; HOLE IN THE WALL; OFF THE WALL; RUN INTO A STONE WALL.
American Heritage Idioms
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wall
an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another or surrounds an area:
• The estate is surrounded by high stone walls. • a brick wall
fence
a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land:
• The garden was surrounded by an old wooden fence. • the chain link fence around the school
railings
a metal fence that is made of a series of upright bars:
• the iron railings in front of the house • The boy was leaning over the railing on the side of the boat.
barrier
a type of fence or gate that prevents people from moving in a particular direction:
• A guard stood near the barrier. • The police had put up barriers to keep the crowd under control.
screen
a piece of furniture like a thin wall that can be moved around and is used to divide one part of a room from another:
• the screen around his hospital bed • a Japanese bamboo screen • a fire screen (= that you put near a fire )
partition
a thin wall that separates one part of a room from another:
• The room was divided into two by a thin partition. • The offices are separated by partitions and you can hear everything that is said in the next office.
barricade
a line of objects that people have put across a road, to prevent people getting past, especially as part of a protest:
• The soldiers used tanks to smash through the barricades.
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