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I write at a desk. I have a room of my own where I can have my computer. I write in there, usually directly onto my computer. It used to be the room where my two sons used to sleep with the dog and the cat, but now it's all mine. It has pictures of art from my books on the walls.
Eve Bunting

Meaning of "walls" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WALLS

walls  [wɔːlz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WALLS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Walls is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WALLS


amazeballs
əˈmeɪzˌbɔːlz
Arles
ɑːlz
balls
bɔːlz
Charles
tʃɑːlz
coveralls
ˈkʌvərɔːlz
falls
fɔːlz
Galashiels
ˌɡæləˈʃiːlz
heels
hiːlz
meals-on-wheels
ˈmiːlzɒnˈwiːlz
mules
mjuːlz
overalls
ˈəʊvərˌɔːlz
pools
puːlz
Quarles
kwɔːlz
Rules
ruːlz
Schools
skuːlz
smalls
smɔːlz
stalls
stɔːlz
steels
stiːlz
Tattersall´s
ˈtætəˌsɔːlz
wheels
wiːlz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WALLS

wallop
walloper
walloping
wallow
wallower
wallpaper
wallpaper music
wallpaper paste
wallpepper
wallposter
Wallsend
wallwort
wally
wallyball
wallydrag
wallydraigle

WORDS THAT END LIKE WALLS

Angel Falls
by the balls
Churchill Falls
Grand Falls
Kabalega Falls
Kaieteur Falls
Lower Yosemite Falls
matzo balls
Murchison Falls
Niagara Falls
orchestra stalls
put in mothballs
Reversing Falls
Stanley Falls
starting stalls
Sutherland Falls
Upper Yosemite Falls
Victoria Falls
Yellowstone Falls
Yosemite Falls

Synonyms and antonyms of walls in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WALLS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «walls» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of walls

Translation of «walls» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WALLS

Find out the translation of walls to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of walls from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «walls» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paredes
570 millions of speakers

English

walls
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दीवारों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجدران
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paredes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেয়াল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

murs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dinding
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mauerwerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

城壁
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுவர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिंती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

duvarlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pareti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ściany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стіни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pereți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοίχους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mure
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väggar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vegger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of walls

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WALLS»

The term «walls» is very widely used and occupies the 5.067 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WALLS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «walls» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «walls» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about walls

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10 QUOTES WITH «WALLS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word walls.
1
Diane Ackerman
Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with animal prints and motifs, give our children stuffed animals to clutch, cartoon animals to watch, animal stories to read.
2
Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
People have said, 'Let's build bridges,' and frankly, I want to do more than that. I would like break to the walls of ignorance between East and West.
3
Horatio Alger
No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.
4
Barbara Amiel
Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.
5
Harry Belafonte
Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.
6
John Berger
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.
7
Pat Brown
There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
8
Eve Bunting
I write at a desk. I have a room of my own where I can have my computer. I write in there, usually directly onto my computer. It used to be the room where my two sons used to sleep with the dog and the cat, but now it's all mine. It has pictures of art from my books on the walls.
9
Italo Calvino
The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
10
Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WALLS»

Discover the use of walls in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to walls and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
Jeannette Walls, 2009
2
Living Architecture: Green Roofs and Walls
Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, "Living Architecture" highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context.
Graeme Hopkins, Christine Goodwin, 2011
3
Sugar Walls
Their friendship quickly sours when Sugar decides to branch out on her own. Sugar opens a gentleman's club called Sugar Walls and becomes involved with a new love_who happens to be the father of her sister's child.
Brittani Williams, 2012
4
Inside the Walls of Troy: A Novel of the Women Who Lived the ...
The events surrounding the famous battle between the Greeks and the Trojans are told from the points of view of two women, the beautiful Helen and the prophetic Cassandra. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
Clemence McLaren, 2004
5
Planting green roofs and living walls
This book introduces a new concept to gardeners.
Nigel Dunnett, Noėl Kingsbury, 2008
6
World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-modern ...
World Within Walls spans the age in which Japanese literature began to reach a popular audience -- as opposed to the elite aristocratic readers to whom it had previously been confined.
‎1999
7
Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to ...
Traces the life and career of the financial mogul from his early days as a disadvantaged Brooklyn son of Jewish immigrants to his entrepreneurial triumphs with Solomon Smith Barney and Citigroup. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
Monica Langley, 2004
8
Big Walls
A complete guide to climbing the largest, most sheer rock faces in the world, entertainingly written by two of the most experienced climbers in the history of the sport.
John Long, John Middendorf, 1994
9
The Big Walls: From the North Face of the Eiger to the South ...
Thanks to Messner's contact with many of these new, young mountaineers, the book covers the latest information and pictures of these amazing big walls and ones yet to be mastered.
‎2001
10
Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, ...
Covering more than one hundred years of American history, "Walls and Mirrors" examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed and continues to shape the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest.
David G Guti Rrez, David Gregory Gutiérrez, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WALLS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term walls is used in the context of the following news items.
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If these walls could pee: San Francisco installs urine-repelling walls
San Francisco has chosen nine walls in two city neighborhoods to receive a coat of hydrophobic paint that will repel urine back onto perpetrators. The pilot ... «RT, Jul 15»
2
Urine resistant walls in San Francisco shoot pee back
San Francisco now has nine public walls covered with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the person's shoes and pants. The San Francisco ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
More than 50000 bees removed from walls of Cambridge home
After opening up the drywall and pulling the honeycomb through, Schuit figured that there were at least 50,000 bees in the wall – stretching down from the ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
4
Ten Walls apologises for online posts comparing homosexuals to …
Lithuanian musician and producer Ten Walls has apologised following comments he posted on Facebook that referred to those in the LGBTI community as ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Kendrick Lamar performs “These Walls” on Ellen — watch
Kendrick was quick to deliver a mea culpa, however, as he performed “These Walls” during an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' daytime TV show on ... «Consequence of Sound, May 15»
6
“I don't hate children: Kaitlyn Walls talks to CBS about the Facebook …
Within minutes, everybody in The Colony, Ms Walls' hometown, was talking about her post — including her boss-to-be at The Colony Preschool and Child Care ... «NEWS.com.au, Apr 15»
7
Japan opts for massive, costly sea wall to fend off tsunamis
In this March 5, 2015 photo, a Shinto shrine gate remains standing on a hill as sea walls are being built in the waterfront area in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
8
Firefighters save woman stuck between two walls in China
A month later a teenage boy in Dalian, Liaoning province got trapped between the walls of two warehouses, when he tried to retrieve a gaming console. «CNN, Mar 15»
9
Hamburg walls use hydrophobic paint to pee back
Walls in the district were sprayed with Ultra-Ever Dry super-hydrophobic, oleophobic nano-coating, which is so water (and pee) repellant that urinating on a ... «Gizmag, Mar 15»
10
A Novel Solution to Public Urination: Walls That Splash Pee Right …
With drunken visitors emptying their bladders onto random walls night in, night out, St Pauli's weekly invasion adds up to a whole lot of urine going where it ... «CityLab, Mar 15»

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