Definition of wall:

• An erection of stone, brick, or other material, raised to some height, and in- tended for purposes of security or inclosure. In law, this term occurs in such compounds WALL 1217 WARD as " ancient wall," " party-wail," " division- wall," etc.
• Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from " unwalled villages" ( Ezekiel 38:11 ; Leviticus 25:29-34 ). They were made thick and strong ( Numbers 13:28 ; Deuteronomy 3:5 ). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size ( 1 Kings 6:7 ; 7:9-12 ; 20:30 ; Mark 13:1 Mark 13:2 ). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety ( Isaiah 26:1 ; 60:18 ; Revelation 21:12-20 ). ( See FENCE .)
• To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.
• To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
• To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
• To surround with, or as with, a structure for inclosure, security, or defense.
• To inclose with or as with a wall: to defend with walls.
• To inclose with, or as with, a wall; fortify.
• To provide with a wall; enclose; fortify; defend.
• To inclose with or defend by a wall. To go to the wall, to get the worst of it. To take the wall, to take the upper or most honourable place.
• Fortifications in general.
• a layer of material that encloses space; " the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; " the container's walls were blue"
• anything that suggests a wall in structure or effect; " a wall of water"; " a wall of smoke"; " a wall of prejudice"
• a vertical ( or almost vertical) smooth rock face ( as of a cave or mountain)
• a difficult or awkward situation; " his back was to the wall"; " competition was pushing them to the wall"
• 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"
• 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.
• A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
• An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam- engine cylinder.
• The side of a level or drift.
• The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
• A solid fence of stone, brick, etc.; the outside structure which incloses a building; a partition forming the side of a room; a structure for defense; means of protection.
• Paries, an investing part enclosing a cavity such as the chest or abdomen.
• An erection of brick, stone, etc., for a fence or security: the side of a building: ( fig.) defence, means of security:- pl. fortifications.
• Fence of brick or stone: side of a building.
• A continuous structure, as for the side of a house, vessel, etc.; also, a fence of stone or masonry.
• A work or structure of stone, brick, or other material, intended for defence or secrecy; the side of a building or apartment; a defence or means of security.

Usage examples for wall

1. 2607. These base plates are usually employed when the pillow block is to be held against a wall.  Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

2. It is that tall house before you come to the village,- a tall, tall house, with a wall all round, as if to keep prisoners in.  A Country Gentleman and his Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

3. But I might as well have spoken to the wall.  The Beggar Man by Ruby Mildred Ayres

4. I have ears like the wall, look you.  The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray