| query | combining form A w___ is one of the vertical sides of a building or room .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. |
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| word | wall |
| full-definition | 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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