retaining-wall
11retaining wall — noun a wall that holds back earth or water on one side of it …
12retaining wall — /rəˈteɪnɪŋ wɔl/ (say ruh tayning wawl) noun 1. a wall built to hold back a mass of earth, etc. 2. → revetment …
13retaining wall — A wall erected for the purpose of preventing a slide of earth from the premises …
14retaining wall — noun any of several structures used to restrain a vertical faced mass of earth …
15retaining wall — Synonyms and related words: abutment, arc boutant, bank, beam, breakwater, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, embankment, flying buttress, groin, hanging buttress, jetty, jutty, mole, pier, pier buttress, rampart, seawall, shoulder …
16wall — less, adj. wall like, adj. /wawl/, n. 1. any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection …
17Wall — A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open… …
18wall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ long, short ▪ thick, thin ▪ massive ▪ …
19wall — n. 1) to build, erect, put up a wall 2) to demolish, tear down a wall 3) to climb, scale a wall 4) to paint; panel; paper walls 5) to line walls (to line walls with bookshelves) 6) a high; low wall 7) a brick; fire; inside; outside; retaining… …
20Retaining — Retain Re*tain (r[ e]*t[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retained} (r[ e]*t[=a]nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Retaining}.] [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re re + tenere to hold, keep. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Rein} of a bridle, {Retention}, {Retinue}.] 1.… …
