noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , low
▪ long , short
▪ thick , thin
▪ massive
▪ back , front , side
▪ bare , blank
▪
to stare at a blank ~
▪ exterior , external , outer , outside
▪ inner , inside , interior , internal
▪ adjoining
▪ far , opposite
▪
A large window ran along the far ~.
▪ dividing , partition , party ( BrE )
▪ boundary ( esp. BrE ), perimeter
▪ curtain
▪ load-bearing
▪
If a load-bearing ~ is weakened, the building could fall down.
▪ retaining
▪
They built a retaining ~ 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 ~.
▪ lean against
▪ jump over
▪ stare at
▪
She just sat there, staring at the ~.
▪ adorn , decorate
▪ be attached to , hang on
▪ cover , line , paint , paper , plaster
▪
She covered her ~s with pictures of movie stars.
▪ face
▪
She turned and faced the ~.
WALL + VERB
▪ stand
▪ collapse , fall , fall down
▪ enclose sth , surround sth
▪ separate sth
▪
There was a ~ separating the two garages.
▪ face sth
▪
the ~ facing the door
WALL + NOUN
▪ clock , light
▪ plug ( AmE ), socket
▪ unit
▪ safe
▪ art ( esp. AmE ), covering , decoration , hanging , painting , panel , tile
▪ space
PREPOSITION
▪ against a/the ~
▪
She leaned against the ~.
▪ behind a/the ~
▪
Nobody can see behind the ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
She hung the photos on the ~.
▪ ~ along
▪
the ~ along the seafront
▪ ~ around , ~ round ( esp. BrE )
▪
high ~s around the prison
▪ ~ of ( figurative )
▪
a solid ~ of fog