WALLPAPER

wallpaper

(noun) a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

wallpaper, paper

(verb) cover with wallpaper

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

wallpaper (countable and uncountable, plural wallpapers)

(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

(countable) A roll of such paper.

(countable) A style or design of such material.

(uncountable, figurative, sometimes, attributive) Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.

(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

(television, slang) Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.

(philately, informal) Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.

(CB radio slang) A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

Synonyms

• (computing: background image): desktop image, desktop pattern

Verb

wallpaper (third-person singular simple present wallpapers, present participle wallpapering, simple past and past participle wallpapered)

(transitive) To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.

Synonyms

• (cover with wallpaper): paper

Source: Wiktionary

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