side wall

Tire's vertical surface

A side wall is any vertical surface forming the lateral boundary of a structure, room, or enclosed space, as distinguished from the front, back, floor, or ceiling.

The term appears frequently in contexts involving tires, where the sidewall is the flexible rubber portion between the tread and the rim, and in architecture or interior design when specifying which surfaces to paint or treat.

The side wall of the tire showed signs of cracking.

Related

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Categories
Opposites
vertical architectural surface orientation

side wallceiling

Room's upper surface

floor · roof · overhead · ground · top

wall position/function

side wallfront wall

Structure's street-facing side

back wall · façade · facade · partition · center

Family

sidewall, sidewalls

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G