RETAINING WALL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("retaining wall" is a kind of...):

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

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