- retaining wall as a noun:
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retaining wall
noun
1 retaining wall
A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth).
Polish: mur oporowy
Moby thesaurus: abutment, arc-boutant, bank, beam, breakwater, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, embankment, flying buttress, groin, hanging buttress, jetty, jutty, mole, pier, pier buttress, rampart, seawall ... show more.
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