wall up

verb

To seal with a wall.

“They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.”

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wall in
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Meanings

verbwall up (third-person singular simple present walls up, present participle walling up, simple past and past participle walled up)

present singular third person walls up · participle present walling up · participle past walled up · past walled up

  1. transitiveTo seal with a wall.

    They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbenclose with a wall

Similar
wall in
Broader
encloseclose ininclose
Also see
wall in

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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