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retaining wall
noun
- a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
retaining wall
noun
- a wall constructed to hold back earth, loose rock, etc Also calledrevetment
Word History and Origins
Origin of retaining wall1
Example Sentences
I was on a night run once in the neighborhood where I grew up, and showed off for some porch-sitters by leaping onto and off of a retaining wall, tramping through what I thought were rhododendrons before going back to the pavement.
Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.
Excavations have shown that Eridu was protected by a retaining wall of sandstone, of which material many of its houses were made.
As the last good-night was spoken Helen sought mechanically the low retaining wall against which she had so often rested.
He stumbled rather than walked to the retaining wall, and rested against it for support.
A couch had been placed near the retaining wall, so that he could rest upon it whenever he felt fatigued.
The altar of Zeus consists of a great mound of ashes with a retaining wall.
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