HyperDic: retaining_wall

English > 1 sense of the expression retaining wall:
NOUNartifactretaining walla wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
English > retaining wall: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth).
BroaderwallA masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
Spanishmuro de contención
Catalanmur de contenció

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