Synonyms for wall off
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : wawl |
Phonetic Transcription : wɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for wall off Other synonyms for the word wall off
- batten down
- block out
- bury
- cache
- cage
- camouflage
- cloak
- close
- close down
- close up
- conceal
- confine
- cover
- cover up
- cut
- cut in
- cut into
- cut up
- deal
- defend
- disburse
- disguise
- dispense
- disperse
- distribute
- divvy up
- dole out
- draw
- drop the curtain
- enclose
- ensconce
- exclude
- fasten
- fence off
- fend
- fold
- fold up
- guard
- imprison
- mask
- measure out
- obscure
- obstruct
- parcel out
- portion
- put to
- safeguard
- screen
- seclude
- secrete
- section
- secure
- segment
- separate
- shade
- shadow
- share
- shelter
- shroud
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- shutter
- size into
- slam
- slice
- split
- split up
- stash
- umbrage
- veil
- wall off
Définition of wall off
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 partition : verb divide, separate
- As in screen : verb hide, protect
- As in shut : verb close
Antonyms for wall off
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