ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wallpaper

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Wallpaper is a noun meaning (uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

Meaning

(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.

Some of my wallpaper includes ORS, OPS […]

He chose a Minecraft design as his computer's wallpaper.

He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.

Her experiences are too early and too much part of the emotional wallpaper to be grasped in this way.

Depending on context, synonyms include background, paper.

Related dictionary entries include paper, curtain, carpet, upholstery, tapestry, flocked.

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