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wall

 
 
/wɔːl/ noun [C]

Definition

PART OF BUILDING one of the vertical sides of a room or building: There were several large paintings on the wall.
DIVIDE AREA a vertical structure made of brick or stone that divides areas that are owned by different people: a garden wall
→ See also fly on the wall → See also be banging your head against a brick wall
(Definition of wall noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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