Synonyms for
Walled
Definition
Enclosed or surrounded by walls
Synonyms & similar words
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Formal
Literary
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Common collocations
- walled garden
- walled city
- walled compound
- walled off
- walled in
- walled community
- walled estate
Word family
Usage note
Primarily used to describe a physical barrier, but can be used metaphorically to describe being isolated or protected. Often used in phrases like 'walled garden' or 'walled city'.
Example sentences
- The castle was walled to protect the people inside.
- The garden was walled off to keep the animals out.
- The city was walled to keep the enemies away.
- The pool was walled to prevent accidents.
- The museum was walled to preserve the artifacts.
Quotes
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;