retaining-wall
21wall — [[t]wɔ͟ːl[/t]] ♦ walls, walling, walled 1) N COUNT 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 papered with chintz... She checked the wall clock. Derived… …
22wall — Synonyms and related words: arch dam, arm, armor, armor plate, backstop, balustrade, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barbed wire, barrage, barricade, barrier, battle, bear trap dam, beaver dam, block, blockade, bluff, boom, boundary, brattice,… …
23retaining — adjective Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall …
24Wall box — Wall boxes are a type of post box or letter box found in many countries including France, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, Crown dependencies and Ireland. They differ from pillar boxes in that, instead of being a free standing… …
25Wall $treet Week — ( W$W ) was a long running investment news and information TV program broadcast weekly each Friday on PBS in the United States. It had a host (or hosts) and guest experts participating in discussions on the stock market and focused on forecasts.… …
26retaining — adj. Retaining is used with these nouns: ↑wall …
27Stone wall trees in Hong Kong — Masonry wall trees refer to trees grown from openings in masonry stone retaining walls. In alleviating harzards from landslides, many slopes adjacent to main roads and developments on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong needed to be secured. Between… …
28breast wall — noun : a wall built to sustain the face of a natural bank of earth compare retaining wall * * * breast wall noun A retaining wall • • • Main Entry: ↑breast * * * breast wall, = retaining wall. (Cf. ↑retaining wall) …
29Slurry wall — excavator A set of Slurry wall guide walls before excav …
30retain wall — 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.… …
