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walled

/wɔːld/

walled adjective: pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall. Also the simple past and past participle of wall.

Adjective

walled (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
    • a walled garden
    • The town of Ch’u-hsiung is walled, rather long, and possesses about 15,000 inhabitants. In the Han dynasty Ch'u-hsiung belonged to the territory of I Chou.1947, Joseph F. Rock, The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest China, volume 1, Harvard University Press, pages 19–20
  2. Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.

Also used as

walled is also the simple past and past participle of wall.

Words formed from walled

Phrases with walled

Words that rhyme with walled

Questions about walled

What does walled mean?
Walled means pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall.
What part of speech is walled?
Walled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce walled?
Walled is pronounced /wɔːld/.

Words near walled in the dictionary

  1. wallcreepers
  2. wallcrossing
  3. wallcrossings
  4. Walle
  5. Wallear
  6. walled
  7. walled communities
  8. walled community
  9. walled garden
  10. walled gardens
  11. walled in

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