Green-stall (n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale. |
Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea. |
Stall (v. i.) A stand |
Stall (v. i.) A stable |
Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale |
Stall (v. i.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. |
Stall (v. i.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving. |
Stall (v. i.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc. |
Stall (v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post. |
Stall (v. t.) To put into a stall or stable |
Stall (v. t.) To fatten |
Stall (v. t.) To place in an office with the customary formalities |
Stall (v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on |
Stall (v. t.) To forestall |
Stall (v. t.) To keep close |
Stall (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a stall |
Stall (v. i.) To kennel, as dogs. |
Stall (v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow |
Stall (v. i.) To be tired of eating, as cattle. |
Stall-fed (imp. & p. p.) of Stall-feed |
Stall-feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall-feed |
Stall-feed (v. t.) To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder |
Wall (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope |
Wall (n.) 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. |
Wall (n.) A defense |
Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel |
Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift. |
Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. |
Wall (v. t.) To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. |
Wall (v. t.) To defend by walls, or as if by walls |
Wall (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway. |
Wall-eye (n.) An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color |
Wall-eye (n.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes |
Wall-eye (n.) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus). |
Wall-eye (n.) The alewife |
Wall-eyed (a.) Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. |
Wall-plat (n.) The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. |
Wall-sided (a.) Having sides nearly perpendicular |
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 |
stall stalling | a tactic used to mislead or delay |
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 |
bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
booth cubicle stall kiosk | small area set off by walls for special use |
bracket wall bracket | a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) |
carrel carrell cubicle stall | small individual study area in a library |
cavity wall | a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them |
chanfron chamfron testiere frontstall front-stall | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
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 |
coffee stall | a stand (usually movable) selling hot coffee and food (especially at night) |
dry wall dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
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 |
parallel bars bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
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 |
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) |
shower stall shower bath | booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom |
stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |
stall | a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed |
stall bar | a gymnastic apparatus used for strengthening exercises, uprights fastened to a wall and connected by horizontal rungs |
stall | seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater |
Stars and Bars Confederate flag | the first flag of the Confederate States of America |
starting gate starting stall | a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course |
stone wall | a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields |
uneven parallel bars uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
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 |
mustachio moustachio handle-bars | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
wall paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure, stomach walls |
abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen |
stall | a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge, the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it |
Wall Street the Street | used to allude to the securities industry of the United States |
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 |