wall-like
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a word derived from
wall.
wallnounany 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, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
Example Sentences
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Kigali, not far from the wall-like cobbles of Kwe Mutwe, I felt the hair on my arms stand up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
For a day trip, visit the Columbia River Gorge, where autumn’s maple-heavy displays frame sheer, wall-like basalt cliffs and numerous waterfalls and line the vast Columbia River.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Finally, there are circumvallate papillae, which are wall-like papillae in the shape of an inverted “V” at the back of the tongue.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The researchers then presented the quartet with a video game in which the pigs had to use the joystick to manoeuvre a cursor until it collided with one of four wall-like structures on screen.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2021
We followed Enoch around to the back of the sideshow, where its wall-like facade gave way to a big, flimsy tent.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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