CHINESE WALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese Wall mean? 

• CHINESE WALL (noun)
  The noun CHINESE WALL has 1 sense:

1. a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width

  Familiarity information: CHINESE WALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE WALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Chinese Wall; Great Wall; Great Wall of China

Instance hypernyms:

bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)

Holonyms ("Chinese Wall" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)