land mine vs wall

land mine

noun
  • A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched. 

  • A piece of exercise device consisting of a pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to lift it off the ground. 

  • A critical subject or situation with concealed or unpredictable implications. 

wall

noun
  • A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. 

  • A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible. 

  • A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal. 

  • A point of defeat or extinction. 

  • A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity. 

  • A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks. 

  • Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall. 

  • A spring of water. 

  • A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. 

  • Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode. 

  • Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. 

  • The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly. 

  • The butterfly Lasiommata megera. 

  • A point of desperation. 

  • A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. 

  • The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian. 

  • A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale. 

  • A barrier to vision. 

  • A barrier. 

  • An impediment to free movement. 

  • A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user. 

  • Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team. 

verb
  • To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls. 

  • To well, as water; spring. 

  • To boil. 

  • To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope). 

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