Meaning & use
walled community
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Meanings
nouncountable
a residential area surrounded by walls or fences, often with restricted entry for security or privacy.
Grammar: Countable: a walled community, several walled communities. Often used with 'in' or 'within': live in a walled community.
Patterns
- a walled community
- live in a walled community
- within a walled community
They moved to a walled community to feel safer at night.
The walled community has its own park and swimming pool for residents.
Many walled communities in the city have guards at the entrance.
nouncountable
a group of people living together behind walls, often for religious or defensive reasons in historical contexts.
Grammar: Used for historical or religious settlements: a walled community of monks.
Patterns
- a walled community of monks
- an ancient walled community
The ancient walled community was built to protect against invaders.
Archaeologists studied the remains of a walled community from the Middle Ages.
Word forms
| plural | walled communities |
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Common combinations
- gated and walled community
- The new development is a gated and walled community with 24-hour security.
- secure walled community
- They chose a secure walled community for their family.
- exclusive walled community
- The exclusive walled community is home to many celebrities.
- live in a walled community
- More people are choosing to live in a walled community for peace of mind.
Synonyms and how they differ
- gated community
- Similar, but 'gated' emphasizes controlled gates rather than a surrounding wall; often used interchangeably.
- enclosed community
- A broader term for any community surrounded by a barrier, not necessarily a wall.
- fortified settlement
- Historical term for a settlement with defensive walls, often for protection against attack.
Opposites
Word family
- wall noun
- A structure that encloses or divides an area.
- walled adjective
- Surrounded by a wall, as in 'a walled city'.
Commonly confused: walled community or gated community?
walled community vs gated community
A gated community has gates to control entry, but may not have a continuous wall around it; a walled community is surrounded by walls.
Practice
What is a walled community?
Choose one answer.
A walled community is a residential area enclosed by walls or fences, typically for security or privacy. The other options are either opposites or unrelated.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “walled community”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.