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Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
wall — [wôl] n. [ME wal < OE weall (akin to Ger wall) < L vallum, rampart < vallus, a stake, palisade < IE base * wel , to turn > WALK] 1. an upright structure of wood, stone, brick, etc., serving to enclose, divide, support, or protect;… … English World dictionary
wall — ► NOUN 1) a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land. 2) a side of a building or room. 3) a protective or restrictive barrier: a wall of silence. 4) Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against … English terms dictionary
wall rock — wall′ rock n. gel min the rock forming the walls of a mineral vein … From formal English to slang
wall — [[t]wɔ͟ːl[/t]] ♦ walls, walling, walled 1) N COUNT A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room. Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church... The bedroom walls would be papered with chintz... She checked the wall clock. Derived… … English dictionary
wall — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weall; akin to Middle High German wall; both from Latin vallum rampart, from vallus stake, palisade; perhaps akin to Old Norse vǫlr staff more at wale Date: before 12th century 1. a. a high… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wall — 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 … English new terms dictionary
wall fern — noun mat forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia • Syn: ↑common polypody, ↑adder s fern, ↑golden maidenhair, ↑golden polypody … Useful english dictionary
wall rock — noun a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault • Hypernyms: ↑rock, ↑stone * * * noun : a rock through which a fault or vein runs : the country rock next to a fault, vein, or ore deposit * * * Mining. the rock forming the walls of a vein.… … Useful english dictionary
wall — armouring (the outer wall of large mesh netting forming part of a trammel net, q.v. Also called outer net, outer wall, outwall, outwalling, trancher, walling, windows) … Dictionary of ichthyology
wall cress — noun : any of several low growing or mat forming cresses that are often cultivated in rock gardens or allowed to spread over walls: as a. : a rock cress of the genus Arabis b. : mouse ear cress c. : aubrietia 2 … Useful english dictionary
wall\ fly — When a group excludes one unliked member by forming a tight circle and the person doesn t get the idea and leave. Look at Pasty, he s nothing but a wall fly … Dictionary of american slang