wall painting
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- noun
- /wɔl ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
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pintura mural
- During the tour, we admired the ancient wall painting that depicted scenes from daily life.
- Roman wall painting
Examples
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Local artists collaborated to create a stunning wall painting for the community center.
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The vibrant wall painting in the dining room brought life to the entire space.
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From an art historical point of view, the wall paintings are thus the most interesting feature of the new church.
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Many Roman wall paintings survive, like this one.
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None of the wall paintings have survived into the present, and the practice has been abandoned.
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The intention was that the wall paintings had to be the most noble form of art.
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This is a wall painting, and the other one is an abstraction.
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The wall painting at left shows how it was shaken.
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As such, this wall painting is an important survival of a once flourishing Buddhist monastery in China.
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The spectacular wall paintings from San Bartolo, Guatemala, hint that remarkable finds still lie ahead.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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1.0
A picture made with paint on canvas or paper
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3.5
A painting made directly on a wall or ceiling
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7.7
A painting done on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling
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3.2
A large picture painted or printed directly on a wall to decorate it
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3.2
A large painted picture on a wall with many bright colors
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Morphology
The meaning 'a painting executed directly onto a wall surface' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wall' (vertical surface) with 'painting' (an image made with paint). This simple noun+noun modifier-head composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Wall painting comes from the simple image of a painting made on a wall, like ancient murals in houses, churches, or caves that artists painted directly onto the surface. So today 'wall painting' means 'a painting made directly on a wall'.