MURAL

mural

(adjective) of or relating to walls; “mural painting”

mural, wall painting

(noun) a painting that is applied to a wall surface

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mural (plural murals)

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

Adjective

mural (not comparable)

Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.

Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.

Verb

mural (third-person singular simple present murals, present participle (US) muraling or (UK) muralling, simple past and past participle (US) muraled or (UK) muralled)

To create a mural.

Anagrams

• larum, rumal

Source: Wiktionary

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Mu"ral, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See Mure a wall.]

1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. "Mural breach." Milton. "Mural fruit." Evelyn.

2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice. Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle, n., 3.

– Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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