Synonyms for wall in
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for wall in Other synonyms for the word wall in
- block off
- box up
- circle
- circumscribe
- close in
- compass
- confine
- coop
- corral
- cover
- curb
- demarcate
- edge
- encase
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- enfold
- enshroud
- envelop
- environ
- fence
- fence in
- fence off
- fix
- flank
- gird
- girdle
- hedge
- hem in
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- insert
- intern
- jail
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- mark out
- mew
- mure
- pen
- restrict
- rim
- set apart
- set bounds to
- settle
- shut in
- shut up
- stake out
- surround
- veil
- verge
- wall
- wall in
- wrap
Définition of wall in
Origin :- Old English weall "rampart" (natural as well as man-made), also "defensive fortification around a city, side of a building, interior partition," an Anglo-Frisian and Saxon borrowing (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wal) from Latin vallum "wall, rampart, row or line of stakes," apparently a collective form of vallus "stake." Swedish vall, Danish val are from Low German.
- In this case, English uses one word where many languages have two, e.g. German Mauer "outer wall of a town, fortress, etc.," used also in reference to the former Berlin Wall, and wand "partition wall within a building" (cf. the distinction, not always rigorously kept, in Italian muro/parete, Irish mur/fraig, Lithuanian muras/siena, etc.).
- Phrase up the wall "angry, crazy" is from 1951; off the wall "unorthodox, unconventional" is recorded from 1966, American English student slang. Wall-to-wall (adj.) recorded 1953, of carpeting; metaphoric use (usually disparaging) is from 1967.
- As in mew : verb enclose
- As in define : verb delimit, outline
- As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
Antonyms for wall in
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