mural
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈmjʊrəl/
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mural
- The colorful mural on the school wall depicts the history of our town.
- paint a mural
- a wall mural
- a street mural
It's gigantic and got beautiful high ceilings, beautiful kind of murals on the walls.
- It's gigantic and got beautiful high ceilings, beautiful kind of murals on the walls.
- He painted the entire corridor here of the Civil War murals.
- You will be able to look beyond that mural and then you will see the millions of people that need your help.
- So he came and saw the space and we just talked about what did I want in the mural.
- I'm working on the Silk Road and I see that thousands of year old Buddhist paintings and murals are being preserved.
- And I'm sure there's a big mural of him on a on a wall with his electric bass.
- I mean, this street where it's so funny 'cause we both have the shot, have have the same shot of the mural of celebrities in it in the film.
- And now this thing, which is like AI guess, a vinyl wall mural is going to go up here.
Examples
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It's gigantic and got beautiful high ceilings, beautiful kind of murals on the walls.
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Today she was waiting for me under the WPA mural in the P.O. lobby.
Fiction book (1996) -
Do you want to take a picture of the mural or something?
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Thus, a committee of students may develop a mural based on studying the local community.
Academic text (2008) -
The side of the building now has an impressive mural: an urban landscape with three superheroes.
Fiction book (1999) -
That's a real mural commemorating the historic moment.
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Mr. Devereaux, Dylan's art teacher, wanted you to see his wall mural.
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Many business owners painted Italian murals on the formerly blank sides of their buildings.
Academic text (2008) -
In 2004, faculty and students led efforts to paint a mural at the Kumasi Children's Home.
Academic text (2008) -
Behind him, one of the silhouettes on the mural is a raptor, in a hunting pose.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
A picture made with paint on canvas or paper
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7.7
A painting done on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling
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2.7
A picture made directly on a wall as decoration
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3.2
A large picture painted or printed directly on a wall to decorate it
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Etymology
Mural comes from the Latin murus, meaning 'wall', so a mural is a picture or decoration painted directly on a wall.