What does retaining wall mean?
Definitions for retaining wall
re·tain·ing wall
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Princeton's WordNet
retaining wallnoun
a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
Wiktionary
retaining wallnoun
any of several structures used to restrain a vertical-faced mass of earth
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Retaining wall
Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to (typically a steep, near-vertical or vertical slope). They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses. A retaining wall that retains soil on the backside and water on the frontside is called a seawall or a bulkhead.
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Retaining wall
Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to unnatural slopes. They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of retaining wall in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of retaining wall in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- støttemurDanish
- Stützmauer, StützwandGerman
- muro de contenciónSpanish
- دیوار نگهدارندهPersian
- tukimuuriFinnish
- mur de soutènementFrench
- दीवार बनाए रखनाHindi
- dinding penahanIndonesian
- muro di sostegnoItalian
- 擁壁Japanese
- ತಡೆಗೋಡೆKannada
- takitaki-ā-manuMāori
- ściana oporowaPolish
- muro de contençãoPortuguese
- подпорная стенкаRussian
- hållväggSwedish
- అడ్డ గోడTelugu
- برقرار رکھنے کی دیوارUrdu
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