colorful mural
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- noun
- /ˈkʌlərfəl ˈmjʊrəl/
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mural colorido
- Children laughed and pointed at the colorful mural of a dragon painted on the school wall.
- paint a colorful mural
- adorn with colorful murals
- depict colorful murals
Examples
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A group of artists, along with the general public, paint the buildings of Spain with colorful murals.
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But there's also a colorful mural of women's faces across from where we sit.
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The colorful mural brightens up the dull wall of the community center.
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As we walked through the city, we admired the colorful mural depicting local culture.
Synonyms
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A painting made directly on a wall or ceiling
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A picture made directly on a wall as decoration
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A large picture painted or printed directly on a wall to decorate it
A large picture printed on wallpaper and put on a wall to decorate a room
Antonyms
How Colorful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'colorful' (marked by many strong colors) with the noun 'mural' (a painting on a wall); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer a large wall painting with many colors. This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following common cross-linguistic patterns, so no prior exposure is required.
Etymology
Colorful mural grew from the simple image of a big picture painted on a wall: mural means a wall painting and colorful means it uses many bright colors to stand out. Because these bright wall pictures were used to tell stories to the whole community, colorful mural now means 'a large painted picture on a wall featuring many bright or varied colors'.