/ Dictionary / Index S shortwall: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: short•wall Pronunciation: (shôrt'wôl"), [key] — adj. Mining. pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. short-waisted shortwave Related Content Daily Word Quiz: labyrinth Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language