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Also see: chart
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wall/wɔːl/
▶noun
- 1 a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.
■ a side of a building or room.
- 2 a protective or restrictive barrier likened to a wall: a wall of silence.
- 3 Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area.
- 4 Anatomy & Zoology the membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity.
- 5 Mining the rock enclosing a lode or seam.
- 6 another term for wall brown.
■ (wall something up) block or seal a place by building a wall.
■ (wall someone in/up) confine someone in a restricted or sealed place.
– phrases
drive someone (or go) up the wall informal make someone (or become) very irritated or angry.
go to the wall informal (of a business) fail; go out of business.
hit the wall (of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race.
off the wall N. Amer. informal
drive someone (or go) up the wall informal make someone (or become) very irritated or angry.
go to the wall informal (of a business) fail; go out of business.
hit the wall (of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race.
off the wall N. Amer. informal
- 1 eccentric or unconventional.
- 2 angry.
■ informal very numerous or plentiful.
– derivatives
walling noun.
walling noun.
– origin OE: from L. vallum ‘rampart’, from vallus ‘stake’.

