Oxford Basic American Dictionary

walk out to leave suddenly because you are angry He walked out of the meeting.

walk 2O / wok / noun [ count ] a trip on foot

The beach is a short walk from our house. I took the dog for a walk.

It was a beautiful day, so we went for a walk in the park.

walk • er / ' wolkar / noun [ count ]

a person who is walking

walk • ie-talk • ie / ,woki ' toki / noun [ count ] ( informal )

a small radio that you can carry with you and use to send and receive messages

wall О / wol / noun [ count ]

a side of a building or room There's a picture on the wall.

a thing made of stones, bricks, etc. that is built around an area

an old stone wall

A high wall surrounded the prison.

wal • let / ' walat / noun [ count ] a small, flat case for money and bank cards A pickpocket stole my wallet.

wallets

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wall • pa • per / 'wol,peipar / noun [ noncount ] special paper that you use for covering the walls of a room wall • pa • per verb ( wall - pa pers , wall - pa - per -

ing , wall - pa - pered )

to put wallpaper onto the walls of a room We wallpapered the living room ourselves.

Wall Street / ' woi strit / noun [ noncount ]

( BUSINESS ) a street in New York City that has many important banks and companies, and the business that is done there

wal • nut / ' wolnAt / noun [ count ] a type of nut that we eat —Look at the picture at nut .

wal • rus / wolras ; walras / noun [ count ] ( plural wal - rus - es )

an animal with short fur that lives in and near the ocean, and that eats fish. It has two very long teeth (called tusks ).

waltz / wolts / noun [ count ] (

plural waltz .es )

( MUSIC ) a dance for two people to music that has a pattern of three beats; the music for this dance

wand / wand / noun [ count ]

a thin stick that people hold when they are doing magic tricks

wan • der / wandar / verb ( wan ders , wan - der - ing , wan - dered )

to walk slowly with no special plan

We wandered around town until the stores opened.

want v / want ; wont / verb ( wants , want - ing , want - ed )

to wish to have or do something He wants a bike for his birthday. I want to go out tonight. She wanted me to give her some money. Which word? Want or would like? Would like is more polite than want . Look at these examples: '1 want a drink!" screamed the child. ♦ Would you like some more coffee?

War © / wor/ noun [ count, noncount ] fighting between countries or between groups of people War broke out (= started ) .

The two countries have been at war (= fighting ) for five years.

to declare war on another country ward / word / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a room in a hospital that has beds for the patients

He worked as a nurse on the children's ward. SUFFIX

-ward

( in adjectives and adverbs ) in the direction of

back ward

down ward

east ward

out ward

war

• den / ' wordn / noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to manage a prison

ward • robe / ' wordroub / noun [ count ]

1 a person's collection of clothes

need a whole new winter wardrobe!

a piece of furniture where you can hang your clothes

ware • house / ' werhaus / noun [ count ]

a big building where people keep things before they sell them

a furniture warehouse

war • fare / ' worfer / noun [ noncount ]

the activity and ways of fighting a war naval warfare

Warm 1 © / worm / adjective ( warm er , warm - est ) Pronunciation

The word warm sounds like storm .

having a pleasant temperature that is high but not very high; between cool and hot

It's warm by the fire. Thesaurus