SIDEWALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sidewall mean? 

• SIDEWALL (noun)
  The noun SIDEWALL has 2 senses:

1. the side of an automobile tire

2. a wall that forms the side of a structure

  Familiarity information: SIDEWALL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDEWALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The side of an automobile tire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the car had white sidewalls

Hypernyms ("sidewall" is a kind of...):

side (an extended outer surface of an object)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wall that forms the side of a structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sidewall" is a kind of...):

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)