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walled

walled

7 2.3
Surrounded by walls, like a city or garden
  • adjective
  • /wɔld/
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  • As soon as he passed under the eastern gate of the walled Republic, he felt like an intruder.
  • walled city
  • walled town
  • walled compound

Japan at that point had well, kind of like walled off private mobile internets.

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Examples

  • In the walled city and other areas of Lahore, the Muslim League devised three committees.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Facing extinction, mankind withdrew behind walled cities under the protection of the Church.

  • In the old walled city, anyone can buy anything for the right price.

  • I set out to map the architecture associated with the Great Walled Garden.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Ahead is the main gate to the walled city of Nottingham.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I think of him sitting one afternoon in the walled garden behind our house on Bonny Richard Street.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Farther out, nothing could be seen; the walled yard, the iron gate, even the front hedge, were gone.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Wherever we ventured in and around the old walled city, people stopped dead in their tracks and stared.

    Academic text (2009)
  • One stop, a last, brief look at Dubrovnik, its beautiful walled-in orange roofs.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The ancient village is famous for its beautiful walled structures that date back hundreds of years.

Synonyms

closed-in
vswalled
14 4.1

A space surrounded on all sides and not open to the outside

is enclosed by built barriers but may include controlled openings for access
enclosed
vswalled
1 3.5

Something that is inside and surrounded by other things, like a garden or document

is surrounded specifically by built barriers rather than any boundary type
fortified
vswalled
5.1

A place with walls and towers that protect it

is surrounded by built barriers without military strengthening
bastioned
vswalled
9.3

Having strong walls or defenses like a fortress

is enclosed by built barriers rather than by specialized fort structures
surrounded
vswalled
2.7

A person or place with people and things all around

is enclosed specifically by built barriers rather than by other boundary types

Antonyms

18 1.0

An outdoor area with no cover

Compounds

walled garden
  • Jargon
2 7.9

A closed online space a company controls to limit access and sharing

How Enclosed

fortified
5.1
walled
7 2.3
open
1.0

Surface Forms

walled positive

Morphology

walled = wall (transparent) = wall + ed

The sense 'surrounded or enclosed by a wall' is the literal result of adding '-ed' to 'wall' and is easily inferable.

Etymology

Walled comes from the word wall, meaning a built barrier that surrounds a place. So a walled city or garden is simply one that is 'surrounded' and often protected by walls.