Phrase Hound found 356 phrases and 225 compound words that contain wall. The most common are listed below. Open wall in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 356
- off-the-wallWildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
- hit the wallTo experience sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion, e.g. when cycling.
- cell wallA rigid, non-living structural layer located outside the cell membrane in certain cells, such as those of plants, fungi, bacteria, and some algae, providing support, shape, and protection.
- back to the wallA very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action.
- Western WallAn ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a remnant of the Jewish Second Temple, and the holiest site in Judaism.
- wall of textAn intimidatingly large block of writing, particularly one with few or no paragraph breaks.
- brick wallUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks.
- wall clockA clock mounted on a wall.
- retaining wallAny of several structures used to restrain a vertical-faced mass of earth.
- fall of the wallThe deconstruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and 1990.
- stone wallA wall made from stone.
- up the wallcrazy, mad
- Berlin WallA wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
- Great WallEllipsis of Great Wall of China.
- wall of soundA popular music production technique, developed in the 1960s, in which a number of musicians perform the same instruments or parts in unison and the resulting sound is re-recorded in an echo chamber.
- wall hangingA wall decoration, often a scroll or a tapestry.
- get the wallTo be executed by firing squad
- got the wallsimple past and past participle of get the wall
- wall of silenceStrict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable actions by members of the group.
- climbing wallAn artificial wall used for the sport of climbing
- up against the wallTrapped, cornered; discommoded, discomfited; in a quandary.
- getting the wallpresent participle and gerund of get the wall
- wall of deathA motordrome.
- go to the wallTo make an all-out effort.
- writing on the wallAn ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.
Compound words 225
- wallpaperDecorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
- firewallA fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
- drywallA building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
- stonewallAn obstruction.
- wallflowerAny of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.
- seawallA coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
- sidewallThe side of a tire.
- RockwallA city, the county seat of Rockwall County, Texas, United States.
- wallboardA construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.
- eyewallA ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.