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wallpaper

wallpaper

12 2.1
A picture that you use as the background on a phone or computer screen
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpər/
  • Texting
translation icon : fondo de pantalla
  • I selected a beautiful landscape as my wallpaper for my tablet.
  • desktop wallpaper
  • Windows wallpaper
  • wallpaper files

One was when when you launched the, the app, the Wallpapers app, right?

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Examples

  • Greetings, here I am back again and I've changed the desktop wallpaper as you can see.

  • So if you want, you know, Monet on your laptop is your, your, you know, wallpaper, you can, you can do that.

  • You can easily then click the image solution to see the wallpaper for any other options, too.

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  • I just want to make that my wallpaper.

  • I have it running as wallpaper on all of my machines at home and work.

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  • It's been a year and she's still the wallpaper on my phone.

  • I just want to have beautiful wallpaper on my computer and a great screensaver.

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  • Just wanted a place I could download beautiful photos for my wallpaper and screensaver.

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  • With it, one cannot browse through their photos, nor select one for wallpaper, nor categorize them.

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  • Check out the background, the wallpaper to match with the mosaic pattern and the color combo.

Synonyms

screen background
vswallpaper
  • Specialized
1 3.2

The part of a computer screen behind icons and windows

is the decorative image used there rather than the interface area itself
moving wallpaper
vswallpaper
6.7

A decorative wall covering that shows moving pictures

is a static digital image rather than an animated display

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

wallpaper
  • Texting
12 2.1

Surface Forms

wallpaper singular
wallpapers plural

Morphology

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

The compound is recognizable, but the digital sense is metaphorical because it refers to a screen background rather than literal paper on a wall.

Etymology

Wallpaper for screens borrows its name from the paper you put on a wall, using the same idea in a new place. A screen wallpaper is simply a 'picture' or background you put on your device, just like paper on a wall.