| Compound Forms/Forme composte |
| Inglese | Italiano |
barley grass,
wall barley n | (European weed) | erba d'orzo loc nom |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) (figurato: con chi non ascolta) | essere come parlare a un muro v |
| Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| Parlare a Esther è come parlare al muro; nessuno dei due ascolta. |
| bearing wall n | (architecture) | muro portante nm |
| blank wall | figurative (obstacle) | barriera insormontabile nf |
| blind wall n | (wall with no opening) | muro cieco nm |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | muro di mattoni nm |
| Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
| Winston Churchill, che posava mattoni per hobby, costruì un muro di mattoni tutt'intorno a casa sua. |
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) | bancomat nm |
| (formale) | sportello automatico nm |
| I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
| Devo passare a ritirare dei soldi al bancomat prima di andare a fare shopping. |
| cavity wall | (masonry) | muro a intercapedine nm |
| cell wall | (biology) | parete cellulare nf |
| chest wall n | (anatomy: covering heart and lungs) | parete toracica nf |
| Chinese wall n | figurative (barrier between parts of a business) (economia) | muraglia cinese nf |
| Chinese wall n | figurative (obstacle) (figurato) | barriera, muraglia nf |
| Chinese wall n | informal (Great Wall of China) | Grande muraglia cinese nf |
| city walls npl | (fortification around a town) | mura cittadine nfpl |
| climbing wall n | (sports equipment: wall with grips) | muro per arrampicata nm |
| parete da scalata nf |
| curtain wall n | (castle: outer wall) | muro di cinta nm |
| curtain wall n | (exterior wall) | muro perimetrale non portante nm |
| dividing wall n | (partition) | parete divisoria nf |
| muro divisorio nm |
| The neighbours are in dispute over the dividing wall between their properties. The huge bookcase served as a dividing wall between the living room and the dining room. |
| L'enorme libreria fungeva da parete divisoria tra il soggiorno e la sala da pranzo. |
| I vicini sono in rotta a causa della parete divisoria tra le loro proprietà. |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | informal, figurative (irritate [sb]) (figurato, informale: innervosire) | fare venire i nervi a [qlcn] vi |
| (figurato, informale: innervosire) | dare sui nervi a [qlcn] vi |
drywall,
dry wall,
dry-wall n | US (plasterboard) | cartongesso nm |
| The contractor finally finished putting up the drywall today. |
| Oggi la ditta appaltatrice ha finalmente finito di applicare il cartongesso. |
drywall,
dry-stone wall,
drystone wall n | UK (stone wall built without mortar) | muro a secco nm |
| The property is surrounded by a drywall. |
| La proprietà è delimitata da un muro a secco. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | US (for use with drywall) | di cartongesso loc agg |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | UK (built without mortar) (muro) | a secco loc agg |
| The North of England boasts some splendid examples of drywall construction. |
drywall [sth],
dry-wall [sth],
dry wall [sth]⇒ vtr | US (construct using drywall) (specifico) | realizzare [qlcs] in cartongesso vtr |
| (specifico) | realizzare [qlcs] con muratura a secco vtr |
| Today we are going to drywall the kitchen. |
drywall,
dry-wall,
dry wall vi | US (construct or install drywall) (specifico) | murare a secco vtr |
| (specifico) | applicare il cartongesso, installare cartongesso vtr |
| The workers have been drywalling for weeks now. |
| Gli operai stanno applicando il cartongesso ormai da settimane. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | figurative (computing: security program) (informatica) | firewall nm |
| You may have to disable your firewall to install the program. |
| Potreste dover disattivare il firewall per installare il programma. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | paratia antincendio nf |
| parete antifuoco nf |
| There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
| Nell'albergo c'è una paratia antincendio tra ogni stanza. |
| fourth wall | (theater, movies) | quarta parete nf |
| garden wall n | (wall around a garden) | muro del giardino nm |
| go to the wall v expr | (business: fail) | andare in rovina, fallire⇒ vi |
| go to the wall for [sth] v expr | (stand up for [sth] at all cost to yourself) | sostenere [qlcn] o [qlcs] costi quel che costi vtr |
| aiutare [qlcn] costi quel che costi vtr |
the Great Wall of China,
the Great Wall n | (defensive structure in China) | Grande muraglia cinese nf |
| A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. |
| Molte persone vanno in Cina solo per vedere la Grande muraglia cinese. |
the handwriting on the wall (US),
the writing on the wall (UK) n | (clear indication) (generalmente di danno o evento negativo) | segno premonitore nm |
| hanging wall n | (mining: underside of wall) | muro di faglia nm |
| have your back to the wall v expr | figurative (be in a difficult situation) (figurato: situazione difficile) | avere le spalle al muro vtr |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) (figurato: ostacolo) | muro nm |
| blocco nm |
| If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
| Se mentre scrivo ho un blocco mentale, ho scoperto che fare una corsa di mezz'ora mi aiuta a riconcentrarmi. |
| hit the wall v expr | figurative (reach a mental or physical limit) | raggiungere il culmine, raggiungere il limite vtr |
| The marathon runner's endurance hit the wall around the 20th mile. |
| hole in the wall n | UK, informal (ATM, cashpoint) | bancomat nm |
| I need to go to the hole in the wall to get some cash. |
| Devo andare al bancomat a prelevare un po' di soldi. |
| hole in the wall n | US, figurative, informal (small unprepossessing place) (informale) | bugigattolo nm |
| hole-in-the-wall n as adj | (shop, etc.: small, hard to notice) (negozio, ecc.) | nascosto, introvabile agg |
off the wall,
off-the-wall adj | figurative, informal (unusual, bizarre) | strambo agg |
| singolare, stravagante agg invar |
| Nota: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| party wall | (between two buildings) | muro divisorio nm |
| retaining wall n | (wall preventing landslide) | muro di contenimento nm |
| Stanno costruendo muri di contenimento lungo tutto il versante della montagna per mettere al sicuro la strada. |
| rock wall | (wall of stones) | muretto a secco nm |
| muretto di pietre nm |
screw anchor (US),
wall plug (UK),
Rawlplug ® (UK) n | (small reinforcing rod) (edilizia) | tassello nm |
seawall,
sea wall,
sea-wall n | (groyne: wave barrier) (idraulica) | diga marina nf |
| argine nm |
| shear wall n | (construction: reinforced wall) | muro portante nm |
| (edilizia) | parete di taglio nf |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | muro di pietra, muro in pietra nm |
| Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |
| training wall | (to direct stream) | muro di sponda nm |
the Wailing Wall,
the Western Wall n | (Judaism: sacred wall in Jerusalem) | Muro del Pianto nm |
| The Wailing Wall is a very holy place for observant Jews. |
| Il Muro del Pianto è un luogo molto sacro per gli ebrei osservanti. |
| wall bars npl | (gym equipment) | spalliera, spalliera svedese nf |
| wall bracket n | (support fitted to a wall) | supporto a muro nm |
| staffa nf |
| During the earthquake the wall brackets failed, dumping a shelf of books on my head. |
| Durante il terremoto i supporti a muro cedettero, scaricandomi una mensola di libri in testa. |
| wall calendar n | (table of dates hung on a wall) | calendario da parete, calendario da muro nm |
| wall clock n | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | orologio a muro nm |
| This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. |
| Quest'aula ha bisogno di un orologio a muro, non si sa mai che ora è. |
| orologio da parete nm |
| wall hanging n | (decorative fabric piece hung on a wall) | tessuto da parete, telo dipinto da parete nm |
| We bought several beautiful wall hangings on our trip to Peru. |
| wall lamp n | (wall-mounted light) | lampada da parete nf |
| The victorian home has beautiful wall lamps made of bronze. |
| La classica dimora vittoriana ha bellissime lampade da parete in bronzo. |
| applique nf |
| wall light n | (lamp set into or hung from a wall) | lampada da parete, lampada a muro nf |
| wall painting n | (mural) | pittura murale nf |
| The CEO commissioned a wall painting for the reception area. |
| Mi piacerebbe una pittura murale in salotto. |
| affresco nm |
| A Michelangelo furono commissionati molti affreschi. |
| wall plate n | (construction) | intelaiatura nf |
| The builder fixed the wall plate to the top of the wall. |
| wall plate n | (cover for electrical outlet) | placca copripresa nf |
| These wall plates provide an easy connection for telephones. |
| wall plug n | (electrical outlet) | presa elettrica a muro nf |
| wall plug n | (screw fixing) | tassello, stop nm |
| wall socket n | (electrical power outlet) | presa elettrica, presa nf |
| If you have an infant or toddler, it's a good idea to put covers on all the wall sockets. |
| Se ci sono bambini piccoli a casa, è meglio coprire tutte le prese elettriche. |
| Wall Street n | (New York financial district) | Wall Street nf |
| He works on Wall Street in New York. |
| Lavora a Wall Street, a New York. |
| Wall Street n | figurative (New York stock exchange) (figurato) | Wall Street nf |
| Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. |
| Wall Street ha accolto con entusiasmo la notizia a dimostrazione che l'inflazione è sotto controllo. |
| wall tile n | (square or slab for covering walls) | piastrella nf |
wall-mounted,
wall mounted adj | (hung on a wall) | a muro, da parete loc agg |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| wall-to-wall adj | (filling space between walls) | su tutto il pavimento loc agg |
| We have wall-to-wall carpeting in our flat. |
| wall-to-wall adj | figurative (ubiquitous, extensive) | onnipresente agg |
| wall-to-wall carpet n | (fitted woven floor covering) | moquette nf |
| Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. |
| Passava l'aspirapolvere ogni giorno sulla moquette dell'atrio. |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (pneumatici) | a fascia bianca loc agg |
| window wall n | (side of a room that is glass panelled) | parete vetrata nf |
