Definitions for wallwɔl

wallwɔl(n.)

any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy.
Category: Building Trades, Architecture
an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc., suggesting a wall:
a wall of prejudice.
a wall-like enclosing part, thing, mass, etc.:
a wall of fire; a wall of troops.
an embankment to prevent flooding, as a levee or sea wall.
Category: Civil Engineering
Usu., walls. a rampart raised for defensive purposes.
Category: Military
the outermost film or layer of structural material protecting, surrounding, and defining the physical limits of an object:
the wall of a blood cell.
(adj.)of or pertaining to a wall.
growing against or on a wall:
wall plants.
situated or installed in or on a wall:
a wall oven.
(v.t.)to enclose, border, etc., with or as if with a wall (often fol. by in or off):
to wall in the playground.
to seal or fill (a doorway or other opening) with a wall:
to wall an unused entrance.
to seal or entomb (something or someone) within a wall; immure (usu. fol. by up).

climb the walls,Informal. to become tense or frantic.
Category: Idiom, Status (usage)
go to the wall, to be defeated; yield. to fail in business; be forced into bankruptcy. to risk one's own position to defend or protect another.
Category: Idiom
hit the wall, to reach a point in a long-distance race when the body's fuels are virtually depleted and willpower becomes crucial to the ability to finish.
Category: Medicine, Sport, Idiom
off the wall, Slang. unreasonable; crazy. eccentric; bizarre.
Category: Idiom, Status (usage)
up the wall,Informal. into a state of frantic frustration.
Category: Idiom, Status (usage)

bef. 900; ME; OE w(e)all (c. OFris, OS wal) < L vallum palisade, der. of vallus stake, post

wall(noun)
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
"the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
wall(noun)
anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
"a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
wall, paries(noun)
(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
"stomach walls"
wall(noun)
a difficult or awkward situation
"his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
wall(noun)
a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
wall(noun)
a layer of material that encloses space
"the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
wall(noun)
a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
"the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
rampart, bulwark, wall(verb)
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
"they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround(verb)
surround with a wall in order to fortify

wall(noun)ˈɔl
one of the sides of a room or building
a house with brick walls; the mirror hanging on the wall
wallˈɔl
a structure made of stone, brick, cement, etc. that divides land
the wall constructed on the border; a low stone wall in the yard

Wall(noun)
a kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale
Wall(noun)
a work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room
Wall(noun)
a defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense
Wall(noun)
an inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder
Wall(noun)
the side of a level or drift
Wall(noun)
the country rock bounding a vein laterally
Wall(verb)
to inclose with a wall, or as with a wall
Wall(verb)
to defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify
Wall(verb)
to close or fill with a wall, as a doorway

wall
[WPI] 1. An indication of confusion, usually spoken with a quizzical tone: “Wall??” 2. A request for further explication. Compare octal forty. 3. [Unix, from ‘write all’] v. To send a message to everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall(8) utility.It is said that sense 1 came from the idiom ‘like talking to a blank wall’. It was originally used in situations where, after you had carefully answered a question, the questioner stared at you blankly, clearly having understood nothing that was explained. You would then throw out a “Hello, wall?” to elicit some sort of response from the questioner. Later, confused questioners began voicing “Wall?” themselves.