city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
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 |
| 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 |
| city hall | a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government |
| city university | an urban university in a large city |
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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
Celestial City
City of God
Heavenly City
Holy City | phrases used to refer to Heaven, the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress' |
| the City | used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain |
Wall Street
the Street | used to allude to the securities industry of the United States |
city desk
city room | the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the local news |
city state
city-state | a state consisting of a sovereign city |
city
metropolis | people living in a large densely populated municipality, the city voted for Republicans in |
| city council | a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc. |
| city line | the boundary of a city |
city center
city centre
central city | the central part of a city |
city
metropolis
urban center | a large and densely populated urban area, may include several independent administrative districts, Ancient Troy was a great city |
| city district | a district of a town or city |
| city | an incorporated administrative district established by state charter, the city raised the tax rate |
city limit
city limits | the limits of the area occupied by a city or town |
| inner city | the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city |
| hole-in-the-wall | a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place, his office was a hole-in-the-wall |
block
city block | a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings, he lives in the next block |
| Forbidden City | a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China |
Guatemala City
capital of Guatemala | the capital and largest city of Guatemala |
Panama City
capital of Panama
Panamanian capital | the capital and largest city of Panama |