User:KYPark/wall
English
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallan (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.
Noun
[edit]wall (plural walls)
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- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
- The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
- Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
- We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.
- The wind blew against the walls of the tent.
Translations
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defensive rampart built up of earth, stone etc.
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structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area
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permanent, substantial side or division in a building
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Related terms
[edit]- eng: dick
- eng: dike
- eng: dyke
- dan: dige
- deu: Deich
- dut: dijk
- fre: digue
- ita: diga
- lat: diga
- por: dique
- spa: dique
- eng: dough
- ducks on the pond
- (Australian) A coded warning used by men to alert each other that female guests ("ducks") are present ("on the pond"), so that for politeness they should moderate their language.
- eng: duct
- eng: duke
- See: #dike
- eng: moat
- swe: damm