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barley grass,
wall barley n | (European weed) | شعير الحائط، قلت الفار، شعير الذئب، شعير الديب |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) (لا يصغي) | كالتكلم مع حائط |
| | Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| bearing wall n | (architecture) (في الهندسة المعمارية) | جدار داعم، جدار حامل |
| blind wall n | (wall with no opening) | جدار بلا نوافذ |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | جدار من الآجرّ، جدار من الطوب |
| | Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) | صراف آلي |
| | I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
| cavity wall | (masonry) | جدار مزدوج مع فراغ |
| cell wall | (biology) (في علم الأحياء) | جدار الخلية |
| chest wall n | (anatomy: covering heart and lungs) (في علم التشريح: يغطي القلب والرئتين) | جدار الصدر |
| city walls npl | (fortification around a town) | أسوار |
| climbing wall n | (sports equipment: wall with grips) | جدار التسلّق |
| curtain wall n | (exterior wall) (جدار خارجيّ) | حائط ساتر |
| curtain wall n | (castle: outer wall) | سور قلعة |
| dividing wall n | (partition) | جدار فاصل |
| | The neighbours are in dispute over the dividing wall between their properties. |
| | The huge bookcase served as a dividing wall between the living room and the dining room. |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | figurative, informal (irritate [sb]) | يجنِّن شخصًا، يوتّر شخصًا |
| | Dan's non-stop ranting about the boss is driving us all up the wall. |
drywall,
dry wall,
dry-wall n | US (plasterboard) | جدار جصيّ |
| | The contractor finally finished putting up the drywall today. |
drywall,
dry-stone wall,
drystone wall n | UK (stone wall built without mortar) | جدار حجريّ |
| | The property is surrounded by a drywall. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | US (for use with drywall plasterboard) | من جدران جصية |
| | Several drywall layers were used to soundproof the room. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | UK (built without mortar) (مضاف إليه) | جدرانٍ حجرية |
drywall [sth],
dry-wall [sth],
dry wall [sth]⇒ vtr | US (construct using drywall) | يبني شيئًا بجدران جصية |
| | Today we are going to drywall the kitchen. |
drywall,
dry-wall,
dry wall vi | US (construct or install drywall) | يركّب جدرانًا جصيّة |
| | The workers have been drywalling for weeks now. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | figurative (computing: security program) (لحماية الكمبيوتر) | جدار ناري، جدار حماية |
| | You may have to disable your firewall to install the program. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | جدار مضاد للنيران، جدار واقٍ |
| | There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
| fourth wall | (theater, movies) (مصطلح للفسحة بين الخشبة/الشاشة والمشاهد) | الجدار الرابع |
| garden wall n | (wall around a garden) (جدار حول حديقة) | سور حديقة |
| go to the wall v expr | (business: fail) | يفلس |
| go to the wall for [sth] v expr | (stand up for [sth] at all cost to yourself) | يخاطر بكل شيء دعمًا لشيء |
the Great Wall of China,
the Great Wall n | (defensive structure in China) | سور الصين العظيم |
| | A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. |
| have your back to the wall v expr | figurative (be in a difficult situation) | يكون في مأزق، يكون في ورطة، يكون في وضع حرج |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) | يصل إلى طريق مسدود |
| | | يعجز عن مواصلة شيء |
| | If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
| hit the wall v expr | figurative (reach a mental or physical limit) | يبلغ أقصاه |
| | The marathon runner's endurance hit the wall around the 20th mile. |
| hole in the wall n | UK, informal (ATM, cashpoint) | الصرّاف الآليّ |
| | I need to go to the hole in the wall to get some cash. |
| hole in the wall n | US, figurative, informal (small unprepossessing place) | مكان صغير عاديّ، مكان مُنزَوٍ |
| hole-in-the-wall n as adj | (shop, etc.: small, hard to notice) | صغير، مخبَّأ، في موقع غير لافت |
off the wall,
off-the-wall adj | figurative, informal (unusual, bizarre) | غريب، مستغرب |
| ملاحظة: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| party wall | (between two buildings) (بين مبنيين) | جدار مشترك |
| retaining wall n | (wall preventing landslide) | جدار ساند |
| rock wall | (wall of stones) | جدار صخريّ، حائط صخريّ |
screw anchor (US),
wall plug (UK),
Rawlplug ® (UK) n | (small reinforcing rod) (في بعض المناطق) | خابور مسمار |
| | (في بعض المناطق) | إسفين برغي |
seawall,
sea wall,
sea-wall n | (groyne: wave barrier) | سد مضاد للأمواج |
| shear wall n | (construction: reinforced wall) (في البناء: جدار مسلَّح) | جدار قصّ |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | سور |
| | | جدار حجريّ |
| | Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |
the Wailing Wall,
the Western Wall n | (Judaism: sacred wall in Jerusalem) (عند اليهود) | حائط المبكى |
| | The Wailing Wall is a very holy place for observant Jews. |
wall bed,
pull-down bed n | (bed: pulls down from wall) (يُنزل من جدار) | سرير حائط |
| wall bracket n | (support fitted to a wall) | كتيفة جدارية |
| | During the earthquake the wall brackets failed, dumping a shelf of books on my head. |
| wall clock n | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | ساعة حائط |
| | This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. |
| wall hanging n | (decorative fabric piece hung on a wall) | شيء يعلَّق على الحائط |
| | We bought several beautiful wall hangings on our trip to Peru. |
| wall lamp n | (wall-mounted light) | مصباح جداري |
| | The Victorian home has beautiful wall lamps made of bronze. |
| wall light n | (lamp set into or hung from a wall) (مثبّت في جدار) | مصباح جداري |
| wall painting n | (mural) | لوحة جدارية |
| | The CEO commissioned a wall painting for the reception area. |
| wall plate n | (construction) (في البناء) | لوح جداريّ |
| | The builder fixed the wall plate to the top of the wall. |
| wall plate n | (cover for electrical outlet) | غطاء مقبس كهربائي |
| | These wall plates provide an easy connection for telephones. |
| wall plug n | (electrical outlet) | مقبس جداريّ، مأخذ تيّار جداريّ |
| wall socket n | (electrical power outlet) | مقبس جداريّ |
| | If you have an infant or toddler, it's a good idea to put covers on all the wall sockets. |
| Wall Street n | (New York financial district) | وول ستريت |
| | He works on Wall Street in New York. |
| Wall Street n | figurative (New York stock exchange) (بورصة نيويورك) | وول ستريت |
| | Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. |
| wall tile n | (square or slab for covering walls) | بلاطة جدار |
wall-mounted,
wall mounted adj | (hung on a wall) | معلَّق على الجدار |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| wall-to-wall adj | (filling space between walls) | موكيت (في عبارة wall-to-wall carpeting) |
| | We have wall-to-wall carpeting in our flat. |
| wall-to-wall adj | figurative (ubiquitous, extensive) | شامل |
| wall-to-wall carpet n | (fitted woven floor covering) | موكيت |
| | Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (إطار) | أبيض الجانب |
| window wall n | (side of a room that is glass panelled) | جدار زجاجيّ، جدار من نوافذ |