Meanings
verbwall in (third-person singular simple present walls in, present participle walling in, simple past and past participle walled in)
present singular third person walls in · participle present walling in · participle past walled in · past walled in
- To enclose by surrounding with walls.
They had walled in the garden.
1 more example
Buses have back entrances for women leading to a walled-in female section.
1987 February 22, Kathryn Diaz, “Saudi Women Get Revenge”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan emparedar
- emparedarenclose by surrounding with walls
Dutch ommuren
- ommurenenclose by surrounding with walls
French emmurer, murer
- emmurerenclose by surrounding with walls
- murerenclose by surrounding with walls
German ummauern
- ummauernenclose by surrounding with walls
Portuguese emparedar
- emparedarenclose by surrounding with walls
Swedish igenmura
- igenmuraenclose by surrounding with walls
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APA
wall in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20in
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“wall in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wall in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20in.
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