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wallpaper

About 1.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
  2. noun A roll of such paper.
  3. noun A style or design of such material.
    He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.
  4. noun Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
  5. noun An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
    He chose a Minecraft design as his computer's wallpaper.
  6. noun Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
  7. noun Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
  8. noun A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

Similar words

paper curtain carpet upholstery tapestry flocked wall-paper wall paper papering wallcovering

Often followed by

and in was paste is with or of to

Word family

wallpapered wallpapering wallpapers

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