- wall
- nounADJECTIVE▪ high, low▪ long, short▪ thick, thin▪ massive▪ back, front, side▪ bare, blank▪
to stare at a blank wall
▪ exterior, external, outer, outside▪ inner, inside, interior, internal▪ adjoining▪ far, opposite▪A large window ran along the far wall.
▪ dividing, partition, party (BrE)▪ boundary (esp. BrE), perimeter▪ curtain▪ load-bearing▪If a load-bearing wall is weakened, the building could fall down.
▪ retaining▪They built a retaining wall around the pond.
▪ panelled/paneled▪ bathroom, kitchen, etc.▪ brick, concrete, masonry, stone, etc.▪ castle, cave, city, garden, prison, etc.▪ harbour/harbor (esp. BrE), sea▪ cell, vessel (both biology)VERB + WALL▪ build, erect, put up▪ demolish, destroy, pull down▪ climb, climb over, scale▪The burglars must have scaled the side wall.
▪ lean against▪ jump over▪ stare at▪She just sat there, staring at the wall.
▪ adorn, decorate▪ be attached to, hang on▪ cover, line, paint, paper, plaster▪She covered her walls with pictures of movie stars.
▪ face▪She turned and faced the wall.
WALL + VERB▪ stand▪ collapse, fall, fall down▪ enclose sth, surround sth▪ separate sth▪There was a wall separating the two garages.
▪ face sth▪the wall facing the door
WALL + NOUN▪ clock, light▪ plug (AmE), socket▪ unit▪ safe▪ art (esp. AmE), covering, decoration, hanging, painting, panel, tile▪ spacePREPOSITION▪ against a/the wall▪She leaned against the wall.
▪ behind a/the wall▪Nobody can see behind the wall.
▪ on a/the wall▪She hung the photos on the wall.
▪ wall along▪the wall along the seafront
▪ wall around, wall round (esp. BrE)▪high walls around the prison
▪ wall of (figurative)▪a solid wall of fog
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
