brick wall vs gaseous

brick wall

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. 

  • Someone who is silent or unresponsive. 

  • A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff. 

  • An obstacle. 

verb
  • To halt or limit abruptly. 

  • To build a brick wall around. 

  • To be uncooperative and unresponsive. 

  • To filter using a brick wall filter. 

gaseous

adj
  • Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy. 

  • Tenuous or indefinite. 

  • Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). 

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