rock wall

Cliff-like climbing surface

A rock wall is a wall constructed from stones, either stacked dry or mortared together.

Rock walls serve as property boundaries, retaining walls on slopes, or decorative garden features: The old rock wall marked where the farm ended.

In climbing, a rock wall is a natural cliff face or artificial climbing surface: She scaled the rock wall in under three minutes.

Related

granite · boulder · natural formation · ledge · crag · quarry · mortar · fortress · barrier · scaling · grip · handhold · foothold · rappel · vertical · rugged · limestone · slate

Categories
Opposites
permeability/passage

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Gap or start

doorway · gateway · passageway · gap · breach

material composition

rock wallglass wall

Transparent vertical divider

curtain · paper wall · hedge · chain-link fence · bamboo screen

construction method

rock walldrywall

Gypsum-core building panels

glass partition · steel beam · concrete wall · plastic barrier · temporary fencing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G