Counterfort vs. Wall

Counterfortnoun

A buttress built against a wall.

Counterfortnoun

A spur of a mountain range.

Counterfortnoun

A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

Counterfortnoun

A spur or projection of a mountain.

Wallnoun

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

Wallnoun

A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

Wallnoun

Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.

Wallnoun

A point of desperation.

Wallnoun

A point of defeat or extinction.

Wallnoun

An impediment to free movement.

Wallnoun

A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera).

Wallnoun

A barrier.

Wallnoun

A barrier to vision.

Wallnoun

Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.

Wallnoun

A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.

Wallnoun

(auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

Wallnoun

A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.

Wallnoun

(soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.

Wallnoun

(Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.

Wallnoun

A spring of water.

Wallverb

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

Wallverb

To boil.

Wallverb

To well, as water; spring.

Wallverb

To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

Wallnoun

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

Wallnoun

A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.

Wallnoun

A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.

Wallnoun

An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.

Wallnoun

The side of a level or drift.

Wallverb

To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.

Wallverb

To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.

Wallverb

To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.

Wallnoun

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure;

Wallnoun

an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;

Wallnoun

anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect;

Wallnoun

a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden);

Wallnoun

(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure;

Wallnoun

a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

Wallnoun

a layer of material that encloses space;

Wallnoun

a difficult or awkward situation;

Wallverb

surround with a wall in order to fortify

Wall

A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative.