blank wall
collocation in Englishmeaningsofblankandwall
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blank
adjective
uk/blæŋk/us/blæŋk/
empty or clear, or containing no information ...
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wall
noun
uk/wɔːl/us/wɑːl/
a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or ...
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(Definition ofblankandwallfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofblank wall
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To the south, above theblankwallof the study and bedchamber, is a gable with a vertical window and tall, narrow chimney.
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Interestingly, both long perspective vistas are at one end, stopped by ablankwall, and at the other, anchored by an outside space.
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All inquiries were met with ablankwallof silence.
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In the end, we come up against ablankwall.
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It is a most extraordinary position, and we are up against ablankwallof opposition.
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One gets these blank negatives and thisblankwall, and that is the end of it.
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It is not a case of presenting ablankwallagainst what is suggested.
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We came up against ablankwall, as he is doing and is bound to do.
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The consortium has simply been greeted by ablankwall.
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One was entirely blank, as the camera concerned had been pointing at ablankwall.
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We might as well have addressed our arguments to ablankwall.
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Our probing has met with somewhat of ablankwall.
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They have come up against ablankwall.
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You drive out into a foggy night and run your car against ablankwall.
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I cannot understand the sort ofblankwallthat is put up against a proposal to safeguard the interests of the ratepayers.
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It seems that we come up against ablankwallevery time anyone brings up this subject.
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One is up against ablankwall.
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There are tens of thousands of people in this country who see nothing but ablankwallof despair.
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I cannot see how he has got through theblankwallthat foreign countries oppose to us to prevent us finding out what they are doing.
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If anyone tries to find out what foreign countries are doing about aviation, he will find himself immediately confronted with ablankwall.
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