Synonyms of the word

wall

• n. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
• n. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
• n. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
• n. A point of desperation.
• n. A point of defeat or extinction.
• n. An impediment to free movement.
• n. A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera).
• n. (often in combination) A barrier.
• n. A barrier to vision.
• n. Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
• n. (anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
• n. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier.
• n. (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
• n. (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
• v. To enclose with a wall.
• v. (with "in") To enclose by surrounding with walls.
• v. (with "off") To separate with a wall.
• v. (with "up") To seal with a wall.
• v. To boil.
• v. To well, as water; spring.
• n. (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.
• n. (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
• interj. (US) Eye dialect spelling of well.

bed

• n. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on.
• n. A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
• n. (heading) A layer or surface.
• v. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
• v. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

bulwark

• n. A defensive wall or rampart.
• n. A defense or safeguard.
• n. A breakwater.
• n. (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces…
• v. (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
• v. (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

difficulty

• n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
• n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

divider

• n. An object that separates.
• n. A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
• n. (Britain, US) The median (US) or central reservation (Britain) of a highway or other road where traffic…
• n. A person who divides or separates.

embankment

• n. a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a …

fence

• n. A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
• n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods,…
• n. Skill in oral debate.
• n. The art or practice of fencing.
• n. A guard or guide on machinery.
• n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
• n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
• v. (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
• v. (transitive) To defend or guard.
• v. (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing.
• v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.

fencing

• v. present participle of fence.
• n. The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords…
• n. Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.

formation

• n. Something possessing structure or form.
• n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
• n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
• n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
• n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
• n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
• n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
• n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

layer

• n. A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
• n. A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
• n. One of the items in a hierarchy.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
• n. A person who lays things, such as tiles.
• n. A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
• n. A hen kept to lay eggs.
• n. A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

object

• n. A thing that has physical existence.
• n. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
• n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.…
• n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
• n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
• n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists…
• n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
• v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach;…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

palisade

• n. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
• n. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
• n. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
• n. (biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells.
• v. (transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.

paries

• n. The wall of any cavity in the body.
• n. (zoology) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

partition

• n. An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
• n. A part of something that has been divided.
• n. (mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as…
• n. The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
• n. A vertical structure that divides a room.
• n. That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing,…
• n. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
• n. (law) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected…
• n. (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
• n. (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate…
• n. (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e.…
• n. (music) A musical score.
• v. To divide something into parts, sections or shares.
• v. To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status.
• v. To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off.

protect

• v. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

rampart

• n. A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of…
• n. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
• n. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
• n. (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
• v. To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

stratum

• n. One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
• n. (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
• n. Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
• n. (biology) A layer of tissue.
• n. A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
• n. (ecology) A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.
• n. (computing) The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.

surround

• v. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
• v. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
• n. (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.