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dead walls

dead walls is the plural of dead wall.

Meaning of dead wall

Noun

dead wall (plural dead walls)

  1. A blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings.
    • The window looked out on to the roof of an outbuilding; beyond, the deep cutting of the railway line. Opposite stood the dead wall that Mr Carlyle had spoken of.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  2. A section of the wall from which tiles are not normally drawn.

Questions about dead walls

What is dead walls the plural of?
Dead walls is the plural of dead wall.

Words near dead walls in the dictionary

  1. dead tree editions
  2. dead trees
  3. dead wagon
  4. dead wagons
  5. dead wall
  6. dead walls
  7. dead water
  8. dead waters
  9. dead week
  10. dead weeks
  11. dead weight

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