an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head |
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | a headlong jump (or fall) |
a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon |
a layer of material that encloses space | a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters |
(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall |
anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect | horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window |
a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about |
a difficult or awkward situation | |