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side wall

side wall noun: either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.

Noun

side wall (plural side walls)

  1. Either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see side, wall.
    • The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.1956 January, “New Permanent Way Equipment on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 57

side wall meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

side wall in Tamil

பக்கச் சுவர்

side wall in Punjabi

a side wall
ਬਾਹੀ bāhī

Forms of side wall

pluralside walls
alternative formsidewall

Origin of side wall

Because each of the walls in question is located on a side of the court.

Questions about side wall

What does side wall mean?
Side wall means either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.
What is side wall in Tamil?
Side wall in Tamil is பக்கச் சுவர். See Side wall meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is side wall?
Side wall is a noun.
What is the plural of side wall?
The plural of side wall is side walls.

Words near side wall in the dictionary

  1. side track
  2. side tracks
  3. side triceps
  4. side valve
  5. side valves
  6. side wall
  7. side walls
  8. side wheeler
  9. side wheelers
  10. side whiskers
  11. side with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: side wall (page history and authors); side wall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਾਹੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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