• (RP) IPA: /wɔːl/
• (America) IPA: /wɔl/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /wɑl/

wall (plural walls)

1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

   The town wall was surrounded by a moat.

3. 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.

4. A point of desperation.
5. A point of defeat or extinction.
6. An impediment to free movement.

   A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.

7. A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera).
8. (often, in combination) A barrier.

   a seawall;  a firewall

9. A barrier to vision.
10. Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.

    a wall of sound;  a wall of water

11. (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4-5:

      The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.

12. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

    Synonyms: chandelier

13. (US, slang, medicine) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.

    Antonyms: sieve

14. (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
15. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.

• (rampart) rampart
• (fictional bidder at an auction) chandelier

• French: mur
• German: Wall
• Italian: vallo, steccato, fortificazione
• Portuguese: muro, muralha
• Russian: стена́
• Spanish: muro, muralla, pared

• French: murs, remparts
• German: Mauer, Wall
• Italian: muro, fortificazione
• Portuguese: muralha, muro, valo, baluarte
• Russian: стена́
• Spanish: muro, muralla

• French: mur, paroi
• German: Wand, Mauer
• Italian: muro, parete
• Portuguese: parede
• Russian: стена́
• Spanish: pared, tabique, muralla

• German: Barriere, Hemnis
• Italian: barriera
• Portuguese: barreira
• Russian: прегра́да
• Spanish: barrera

• German: Mauerfuchs
• Russian: бурогла́зка меге́ра

• French: paroi
• German: Wand
• Italian: parete, muraglia
• Portuguese: parede
• Russian: сте́нка
• Spanish: pared

wall (walls, present participle walling; past and past participle walled)

1. To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

   He walled the study with books.

• French: emmurer
• German: einmauern, zumauern
• Italian: murare
• Portuguese: murar, amurar, amuralhar
• Spanish: amurallar, murar

wall (walls, present participle walling; past and past participle walled)

1. To boil.
2. To well, as water; spring.

• well
• overwhelm

wall (plural walls)

1. (chiefly, dialectal) A spring of water.

wall (plural walls)

1. (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

wall (walls, present participle walling; past and past participle walled)

1. (transitive, nautical) To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

1. (US) Eye dialect spelling of well#English|well.
   • 1858, The New Priest in Conception Bay by Robert Lowell [http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=nwng;cc=nwng;rgn=full%20text;idno=nwng0017-2;didno=nwng0017-2;view=image;seq=581;node=nwng0017-2%3A43;page=root;size=50]

     Wall, they spoke up, 'n' says to her, s'd they, "Why, look a-here, aunty, Wus't his skin, 't was rock?" so s's she, "I guess not." (Well, they spoke up and says to her, said they, "Why look a-here, aunty, was it his skin that was rock [referring to the Apostle Peter]?" So says she, "I guess not.")

   • 1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press ISBN 9780932807274, page 97

     Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.

1. Surname

1. (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.