Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun retaining_wall

1 sense of retaining wall

Sense 1
retaining wall -- (a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth))
       => wall -- (a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited")