barrel roll | a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course |
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 |
a ashcan trash can garbage can wastebin ash bin ash-bin ashbin dustbin trash barrel trash bin | a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected |
barrel cask | a cylindrical container that holds liquids |
barrel gun barrel | a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired |
barrel knot blood knot | a knot used for tying fishing leaders together, the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times |
barrel organ grind organ hand organ hurdy gurdy hurdy-gurdy street organ | a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs |
barrel vault | the simplest form of vault, a single continuous arch |
bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
beer barrel beer keg | a barrel that holds beer |
bracket wall bracket | a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) |
breech rear of barrel rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded |
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 |
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 |
pickle barrel | a barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled |
proscenium proscenium wall | the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater |
rain barrel | a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
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 |
wine cask wine barrel | a barrel that holds wine |
wall paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure, stomach walls |
abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen |
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 |
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 |
cooper barrel maker | a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs |