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wallpaper

wallpaper

77 1.0
A paper with a design used to cover room walls and make them look nice
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpər/
translation icon : papel pintado
  • The bright yellow and white wallpaper in the living room instantly lifts the mood of the space.
  • furniture and wallpaper
  • designed wallpaper
  • wallpaper border

Was the room warm, cold, Can you see the wallpaper or the paint, etcetera.

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Examples

  • We've given you some fancy designer wallpaper inside of the closet.

  • Yellow and white wallpaper would brighten it.

  • I had this amazing wallpaper once.

  • We have exactly the same wallpaper in our kitchen.

  • I put that wallpaper up with my own two hands.

  • I remember her helping me pick out this wallpaper.

  • It's got old wallpaper, old hardware on the doors, old paint.

  • We have this wallpaper with brown paper bags on it, kind of fun and quirky.

  • The walls were covered with wallpaper featuring a pretty dark blue and brown stenciled design.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Despite the warm tones and textured wallpaper, he still felt the chill, the damp.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

anaglypta
vswallpaper
1 9.9

A patterned wallpaper with a raised texture for walls and ceilings

is mainly a flat decorative covering rather than a raised textured finish
photo wallpaper
vswallpaper
4.1

A large photo printed on paper and put on a wall to decorate

is used to cover and decorate interior walls broadly not just one feature wall
photo mural
vswallpaper
5.4

A large picture printed on wallpaper and put on a wall to decorate a room

is applied across interior walls generally rather than as one large image
mural wallpaper
vswallpaper
4.4

A large printed paper that covers one wall to make the room's main focus

is used to cover interior walls generally rather than a single large scene

Compounds

9.3

A wall covering that looks very ugly

A decorative wall covering that shows moving pictures

A large printed paper that covers one wall to make the room's main focus

A large photo printed on paper and put on a wall to decorate

How Decorative

mural
99 3.5
tapestry
23 5.6
wallpaper
77 1.0
paint
469 1.0

Surface Forms

wallpaper singular
wallpapers plural

Morphology

wallpaper = wall + paper (transparent) = wall + paper

The compound directly denotes 'paper for walls'; the components map clearly onto the meaning.

Etymology

Wallpaper is a plain combination of wall and paper, originally meaning paper made to 'decorate' walls. That's why wallpaper is the patterned paper you stick on a room's walls.