A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room. Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church The bedroom walls would be painted light blue She checked the wall clock. + -walled -walled a glass-walled elevator
That portion of the building envelope, including opaque area and fenestration, that is vertical or tilted at an angle of 60° from horizontal or greater This includes above- and below-grade walls, between floor spandrels, peripheral edges of floors, and foundation walls For the purposes of determining building envelope requirements, the classifications are defined as follows
A vertical structural element that holds up a roof, encloses part or all of a room, or stands by itself to hold back soil
emphasis If you say that something or someone is driving you up the wall, you are emphasizing that they annoy and irritate you. The heat is driving me up the wall I sang in the bath and drove my parents up the wall
A human barrier of at least 3 players, used to aid the goalkeeper in defending against free kicks - when they are specifically so awarded Players may line up 10 or more yards from the ball to form a barrier between the kicker and the goal
The line of players used to prevent a direct kick from scoring; lined up 10 yards from where the direct kick is taken
a line of 2 to 6 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at