NOUN | artifact | retaining wall | a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) |
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Meaning | A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth). | |
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Broader | wall | A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) |
Spanish | muro de contención | |
Catalan | mur de contenció |
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