DRY-STONE WALL

Meaning of DRY-STONE WALL in English

(~s)

Note: in AM, use 'dry wall'

A ~ is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.

N-COUNT

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DRY-STONE WALL — ˌdry-stone ˈwall BrE AmE noun [countable] in Britain, a wall built with pieces of stone that are fitted closely together …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRY-STONE WALL — ( dry-stone walls) Note: in AM, use 'dry wall' A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY-STONE WALL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A dry-stone wall method is used to ensure free drainage. ▪ If there was a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRY-STONE WALL — стена сухой кладки; стена, сложенная без раствора Syn : dry wall
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRY-STONE WALL — стена сухой кладки; стена, сложенная без раствора Syn:dry wall
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DRY-STONE WALL — стена сухой кладки; стена, сложенная без раствора Syn: dry wall
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DRY-STONE WALL — стена сухой кладки; стена, сложенная без раствора Syn: dry wall
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DRY STONE WALL — стена из сухой каменной кладки
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
DRY STONE WALL — каменная стена, сложенная насухо (без раствора)
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
DRY-STONE WALL — стена сухой кладки; стена, сложенная без раствора Syn : dry wall
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WALL — I Any of various upright constructions used to divide or enclose a room or building. In traditional masonry construction, curtain …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
DRY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=dry cleaning">dry cleaning dry ice dry rot Dry Tortugas National Park
Английский словарь Британика
WALL — I. ˈwȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weall rampart, wall; akin to Old Saxon wal …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er -ī(ə)r, -īə ; dri·est also dry·est -īə̇st) Etymology: Middle English drie, dry, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRY — ( a. ) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WALL
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRY — — dryable , adj. — dryly , adv. — dryness , n. /druy/ , adj., drier, driest , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WALL — I. ˈwȯl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weall; akin to Middle High German wall; both from Latin vallum …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er ˈdrī(-ə)r ; dri·est also dry·est ˈdrī-əst) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drȳge; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALL — noun the side of a level or drift. 2. wall ·noun the country rock bounding a vein laterally. 3. wall …
Webster English vocab
STONE
Webster English vocab
DRY — superl of the eyes: not shedding tears. 2. dry ·superl of persons: thirsty; needing drink. 3. dry ·vi to shrivel …
Webster English vocab
WALL — [wall] n [ME, fr. OE weall; akin to MHG wall; both fr. L vallum rampart, fr. vallus stake, palisade; perh. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRY — [dry] adj dri.er also dry.er ; dri.est also dry.est [ME, fr. OE dryge; akin to OHG truckan dry, OE dreahnian …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRY — dry BrE AmE draɪ ▷ dried draɪd ▷ drier, dryer ˈdra ɪ ‿ə AmE \ ˈdraɪ‿ ə r ▷ dries …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WALL — / wɔːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a long vertical solid structure, made of stone, brick or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — / draɪ; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( drier , dri·est ) NOT WET 1. not wet, damp …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALL — I. wall 1 S1 W1 /wɔːl $ wɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weall ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRY — I. dry 1 S2 W2 /draɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative drier , superlative driest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WALL — n. & v. --n. 1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DRY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WALL — n. & v. n. 1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DRY — adj., v., & n. adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WALL — n. & v. --n. 1. a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
DRY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1. free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Oxford English vocab
WALL — ( walls) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A wall is one …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — ( drier, or dryer, driest, dries, drying, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — (drier, or ~er, driest, dries, ~ing, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WALL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary wall/fence ▪ The boundary wall was about twenty foot high. a company …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dry cough (= one that does not produce any liquid ) a dry/wet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALL — [noun] [C] - a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or encloses somethingThe walls in this …
Cambridge English vocab
WALL — n. Antonine Wall bearing wall load bearing wall Berlin Wall cavity wall curtain wall Great Wall of China Hadrian's Wall …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DRY — adj. dry lake dry cleaning dry ice dry rot Dry Tortugas National Park
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRY — Synonyms and related words : Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air-dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DRY — INDEX: 1. not wet 2. when there is not much rain 3. to become dry 4. to make something dry …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRY — adj. 25B6; adjective the dry desert : ARID, parched, droughty, scorched, baked; waterless, moistureless, rainless; dehydrated, desiccated, thirsty, bone dry. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRY — adj. 1 dehydrated, desiccated, arid, sear, parched, waterless, moistureless; barren, bare, fruitless With no rain for a month, the dry …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WALL — 1. сущ. 1) стена (тж. перен.) to build, erect, put up a wall ≈ поставить стену, воздвигнуть стену to climb, …
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