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dead wall en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings.
    • The window looked out on to the roof of an outbuilding; beyond, the deep cutting of the railway line. Opposite stood the dead wall that Mr Carlyle had spoken of. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
  2. A section of the wall from which tiles are not normally drawn.

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Translations (3)

ja 王牌 (mahjong: unused section of wall) · bg калкан (architecture: blank wall) · nl dode muur (mahjong: unused section of wall)