base on balls walk pass | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls, he worked the pitcher for a base on balls |
walk walking | the act of traveling by foot, walking is a healthy form of exercise |
walk | the act of walking somewhere, he took a walk after lunch |
walk | a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground |
stalk angry walk | a stiff or threatening gait |
space walk | any kind of physical activity outside a spacecraft by one of the crew |
walk-through | the act of walking in order to view something, the realtor took her on a walk-through of the apartment |
walk of life walk | careers in general, it happens in all walks of life |
walk-through | a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed |
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 |
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 |
walk walkway paseo | a path set aside for walking, after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk |
walk-in | a small room large enough to admit entrance |
walk-up | an apartment building without an elevator |
walk-up apartment walk-up | an apartment in a building without an elevator |
walk-through | a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building |
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 |
widow's walk | a lookout atop a coastal house |
walk manner of walking | manner of walking, he had a funny walk |
wall paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure, stomach walls |
abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen |
walk-through | a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process, she gave me a walk-through of my new duties |
walk-in waltz | an assured victory (especially in an election) |
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 |