Reviews and recommendations, independent of The Wall Street Journal newsroom. Our top picks from Amazon’s sale include cookware, kitchen appliances, vacuums and more. Save on deals worth your...

drive / push to the wall, to force into a desperate situation; humiliate or ruin completely. Not content with merely winning the match, they used every opportunity to push the inferior team to the wall.

Walls have historically served defensive purposes, and the term "wall" originally referred to defensive walls and ramparts. Examples of famous defensive walls include the Great Wall of China and …

A wall of people or things is a mass of them formed in such a way that you cannot get through or past them: (Definition of wall from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University …

1. Extremely unconventional. 2. Without foundation; ridiculous: an accusation that is really off the wall.

A wall is a long narrow vertical structure made of stone or brick that surrounds or divides an area of land. He sat on the wall in the sun. The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high.

Wall definition: An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or …

an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc., suggesting a wall: a wall of prejudice. a wall-like, enclosing part, thing, mass, etc.: a wall of fire; a wall of troops.

3 days ago · Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall. (figurative) A means of defence or security. I built a wall between myself and the bullies. There is definitely some …

3 days ago · The meaning of WALL is a high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart or an enclosure chiefly for defense —often used in plural. How to use wall in a sentence.