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paper wall

paper wall noun: a thin wall, especially if poorly soundproof.

Noun

paper wall (plural paper walls)

  1. (simile) A thin wall, especially if poorly soundproof.
    • They can even hear me yawn, what with these paper walls.2013 October 18, Marcia Munson, Judith Stelboum, The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex, Routledge, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paper, wall.

Forms of paper wall

pluralpaper walls

Questions about paper wall

What does paper wall mean?
Paper wall means a thin wall, especially if poorly soundproof.
What part of speech is paper wall?
Paper wall is a noun.
What is the plural of paper wall?
The plural of paper wall is paper walls.

Words near paper wall in the dictionary

  1. paper trades
  2. paper trading
  3. paper trail
  4. paper trails
  5. paper tripping
  6. paper wall
  7. paper wallet
  8. paper wallets
  9. paper walls
  10. paper wasp
  11. paper wasps

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