retaining wall

Noun

Meaning

a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dyke bank dike wall beam dam fence groin embankment breakwater buttress bulwark bulkhead abutment buttressing
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Antonyms

headland massacre

Hypernyms

wall

Examples

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. Fawn M. Brodie

About 12 km in length, the wall system consisted of an ashlar stone retaining wall about convert high surmounted by a mudbrick wall about convert high and convert thick. Source: Internet

Additionally, Riverside-based contractor James McMinn, Inc. will build a retaining wall, install landscaping, and reconstruct the pedestrian bridge used to access the animal shelter. Source: Internet

A day of challenging conditions saw heavy rain and flooding impact a retaining wall at Inveruglas on the A82 as temporary traffic lights have been put in place. Source: Internet

Also, 1 kilometre of asphalt single carriageway had been completed for the Kwabenya section of the project, with pedestrian facilities, and retaining wall constructions being undertaken. Source: Internet

Floodwaters continue to impede access along the Old Harbour to artons main road in the vicinity of t. Catherine, while a section of the ictoria roadway, in larendon, remains inaccessible, due to a failed retaining wall at the location. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

retaining fee retaining ring retaining valve retaining wire retainment retakaful