A wall is a structure built for protection of an area, or it provides privacy and organization within a building.
A load-bearing wall helps provide support within a house.
An exterior wall is insulated to protect people from cold weather.
If an interior wall is too thin, you can hear through it.
Many people like to put pictures on their walls so that they won’t be so bare.
A bare wall has nothing on it.
Walls in the United States are made of wallboard or plaster.
The average height of a wall inside a house is eight feet.
Prisons build strong walls in order to prevent prisoners from escaping.
Donald Trump says he’s going to build a wall along the border of the United States and Mexico, and Mexico is going to pay for it.
There are many famous walls:
The Great Wall of China was built to protect ancient Chinese empires starting in the 7th century BC. The wall is so long that it can be seen from space.
The Wall of Jericho was built in 8000 BC in present-day Jordan and Lebanon. It’s believed to have provided flood protection.
The Western Wall (or Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem is a holy site for Jewish people who go there to pray.
The Berlin Wall was built between east and west Berlin during the Cold War, but the people of the city tore down the wall in 1989.
People who work on Wall Street in New York make money by trading stocks and bonds.
The Wall is a rock album put out by the band Pink Floyd in 1979.
