rear wall

collocation in English

meaningsofrearandwall

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rear
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪər/us
/rɪr/
at the back ...
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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 ofrearandwallfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The materials and finish give it the impression of a ballroom: velvet on therearwall, red wall surfaces.
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They have a bench along therearwalland an altar in the center, often modified in later times by enclosing the altar in a shrine.
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An alternative reading, favored here, is that three sequential acts are depicted, each occupying one row of therearwall.
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But it would be a quite different experience to walk in the shadow of therearwallof a multi-storey block of flats which comes between you and the sea.
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Therearwallwas built around 1880 and the front section in 1916.
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At the centre of therearwall, guardian figures are depicted flanking a shrine.
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Newer printed icons are placed on the icon table and on therearwall.
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There is a small two-story twentieth-century frame addition in the center of therearwall.
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The stage is 80 ft deep from the curtain line to therearwall.
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Attached to therearwallof this outbuilding is a one-story, brick carriage house.
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To its north is a large parlor with a small alcove in itsrearwall.
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Therearwallof the altar is topped by seven candles in a seven-armed candlestick.
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It may have included a newrearwalland a reconfiguration of the interior layout.
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The first floor elevator lobbies are lit by a luminousrearwall.
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On therearwallare eight round arches used for family tombs, some of them crumbling.
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The ark is behind the bimah on therearwall.
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Thursday morning, just before noon, a plumber opened therearwallback of the chimney.
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The special glory of the room is therearwallpaintings.
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It is approximately 25 ft from the stage to therearwall.
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