retaining wall

English

Noun

retaining wall (plural retaining walls)

any of several structures used to restrain a vertical-faced mass of earth

Translations

structure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 護土牆, 护土墙 (hùtǔqiáng)
Finnish: tukimuuri
French: mur de soutènement (fr) m
German: Stützmauer f, Stützwand f

Italian: muro di sostegno m
Japanese: 擁壁 (ようへき, yōheki)
Maori: takitaki-ā-manu
Russian: подпо́рная сте́нка f (podpórnaja sténka)
Spanish: muro de contención m

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