Definition of walls

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• walls is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• walls is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• walls is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of walls

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun)

  Examples

  1. they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down

  Synonyms

  1. bulwark
  2. rampart
• (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure (noun)

  Examples

  1. stomach walls

  Synonyms

  1. paries
• surround with a wall in order to fortify (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. fence
  2. fence in
  3. palisade
  4. surround
• a difficult or awkward situation (noun)

  Examples

  1. his back was to the wall
  2. competition was pushing them to the wall
• a layer of material that encloses space (noun)

  Examples

  1. the walls of the cylinder were perforated
  2. the container's walls were blue
• a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) (noun)

  Examples

  1. the wall followed the road
  2. he ducked behind the garden wall and waited
• an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure (noun)

  Examples

  1. the south wall had a small window
  2. the walls were covered with pictures
• anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect (noun)

  Examples

  1. a wall of water
  2. a wall of smoke
  3. a wall of prejudice
  4. negotiations ran into a brick wall
• a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) (noun)

See definition of walls in Merriam Webster