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Wall Barrier Describe Kind Acts Prevents People Understanding

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You can describe something as a w___ of a particular kind when it acts as a barrier and prevents people from understanding something.You can describe something as a wall of a particular kind when it acts as a barrier and prevents people from understanding something.
The police say they met the usual wall of silence.
word wall
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noun
combining form
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 painted light blue.
She checked the wall clock.
...a glass-walled elevator.
Our bedroom was white-walled with yellow silk curtains.
A wall is a long narrow vertical structure made of stone or brick that surrounds or divides an area of land.
He sat on the wall in the sun.
The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high.
The wall of something that is hollow is its side.
He ran his fingers along the inside walls of the box.
A wall of something is a large amount of it forming a high vertical barrier .
She gazed at the wall of books.
I was just hit by a wall of water.
You can describe something as a wall of a particular kind when it acts as a barrier and prevents people from understanding something.
The police say they met the usual wall of silence.
inflections wallswallingwalled-walled
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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