initiation founding
foundation
institution
origination
creation innovation
introduction instauration | the act of starting something for the first time, introducing something new, she looked forward to her initiation as an adult, the foundation of a new scientific society |
blue wall of silence
blue wall
wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
wall creeper
tichodrome
Tichodroma muriaria | crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
| Antonine Wall | a fortification miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde), built into mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain |
basement
cellar | the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level, often used for storage |
| basement | the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture |
| bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
bracket
wall bracket | a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) |
| cavity wall | a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them |
Chinese Wall
Great Wall
Great Wall of China | a fortification , miles long built across northern China in the rd century BC, it averages meters in width |
dry wall
dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
foundation
base fundament
foot
groundwork
substructure
understructure | lowest support of a structure, it was built on a base of solid rock, he stood at the foot of the tower |
foundation garment
foundation | a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body |
| foundation stone | a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building |
gable
gable end
gable wall | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
hanging
wall hanging | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window, the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
mural
wall painting | a painting that is applied to a wall surface |
| party wall | a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners |
proscenium
proscenium wall | the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater |
| raft foundation | a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete |
rampart
bulwark wall | an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes, they stormed the ramparts of the city, they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down |
| retaining wall | a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) |
| stone wall | a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields |
| wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness, used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure, the south wall had a small window, the walls were covered with pictures |
| wall | a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden), the wall followed the road, he ducked behind the garden wall and waited |
| wall | a layer of material that encloses space, the walls of the cylinder were perforated, the container's walls were blue |
wallboard
drywall
dry wall | a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions, made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses |
| wall clock | a clock mounted on a wall |
| wall panel | paneling that forms part of a wall |
| wall plate | plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load |
wall socket
wall plug
electric outlet
electrical outlet
outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
| wall tent | a canvas tent with four vertical walls |
| wall unit | a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room |
wall
paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure, stomach walls |
| abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen |
basis
base
foundation
fundament
groundwork
cornerstone | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained, the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture |
| foundation grounding | education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge, he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study, a good grounding in mathematics |
Wall Street
the Street | used to allude to the securities industry of the United States |
National Science Foundation
NSF | an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education |
| foundation | an institution supported by an endowment |
| philanthropic foundation | a foundation that provides funds for science or art or education or religion or relief from disease etc. |
| private foundation | a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public |
| hole-in-the-wall | a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place, his office was a hole-in-the-wall |
| Wailing Wall | a wall in Jerusalem, sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation, its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon |
| Hadrian's Wall | an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the nd century, marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain |
Wall Street
Wall St. | a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located, symbol of American finance |
| hanging wall | the upper wall of an inclined fault |
| 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 |
| wall | a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) |
| wall rock | a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault |