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Aisle
noun · 78% connection
A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Anchor
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Balk
verb · 78% connection
One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Balustrade
noun · 78% connection
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Bay
noun · 78% connection
A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, va…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Break
verb · 78% connection
break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Bridge
noun · 78% connection
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Bridge-ward
noun · 78% connection
A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Bridgehead
noun · 78% connection
A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Butment
noun · 78% connection
The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge wit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Cave in
verb · 78% connection
break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Collapse
verb · 78% connection
break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Defend
verb · 78% connection
protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Elevator
noun · 78% connection
A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Fall in
verb · 78% connection
break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Feather-edged/
adjective · 78% connection
Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
Flashing
noun · 78% connection
Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wall, serving, protect, edge, platform.
