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Noun Concept
Categories: Types of wall, Geotechnical shoring structures
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retaining wall  cantilever retaining wall  gravity wall  Retainer wall  Retaining-wall
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A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) WordNet 3.0
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A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Wikipedia
Structure designed to confine and support soil laterally so that it can be retained on unnatural slopes Wikidata