emmurer — meaning in English

English meaning

• immure verb To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
• wall noun A solid upright structure that encloses, divides, or protects an area.

Senses

emmurer is used for these senses in English:

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

immure — full definition

1. verb To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
2. verb To put or bury within a wall.
3. verb To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

wall — full definition

1. noun A solid upright structure that encloses, divides, or protects an area.
2. noun Something that acts as a barrier or obstacle.
3. noun A defensive line of players positioned between a free-kick taker and the goal, in football.
4. verb To enclose or seal something with a wall.

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