dead wall

noun

A blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings.

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Meanings

noundead wall (plural dead walls)

plural dead walls

  1. architectureA blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings.

    The window looked out on to the roof of an outbuilding; beyond, the deep cutting of the railway line. Opposite stood the dead wall that Mr Carlyle had spoken of.

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
  2. board gamesA section of the wall from which tiles are not normally drawn.

Translations

Bulgarian калкан
  • калкан (kalkan)architecture: blank wall
Dutch dode muur
  • dode muurmahjong: unused section of wall
Japanese 王牌
  • 王牌 (wanpai)mahjong: unused section of wall
Cite this entry
APA

dead wall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead%20wall

MLA

“dead wall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead%20wall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dead wall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dead%20wall.

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