Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Paper often colored and printed with designs and pasted to a wall as a decorative covering.
- noun A picture or design displayed on the background of a computer screen or cell phone.
- intransitive verb To cover with wallpaper.
- intransitive verb To decorate a wall or room with wallpaper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Decorative
paper -like material used to cover the innerwalls of buildings. - noun countable A
style ordesign of such material or image. - noun computing An image or
tiled pattern used as abackground topersonalize a computerdesktop . - verb transitive To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
- verb cover with wallpaper
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tearing off peaces from the wallpaper is an easy and creative process.
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I'd love to know what the experts think about this. side note - my wallpaper is a NG photo of a grizzly bear.
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I'd love to know what the experts think about this. side note - my wallpaper is a NG photo of a grizzly bear.
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Designed by Jon Burgerman this wallpaper is actually a coloring book that can be applied on any wall.
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Still, the really mind-blowing alternative to books-as-wallpaper is something a bit farther down the pike: practical storage at the atomic level.
Seth Shostak: Burn the Bookcases! Seth Shostak 2010
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Still, as Psonar mentioned, this would be perfect in the office where everything but the wallpaper is locked down. iDesire
Add A Calendar To Any Desktop Wallpaper | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The sweat permeating through the house; pungent and acrid odours stripping the wallpaper from the walls.
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The wallpaper is a modified version of the Interfacelift Dharma wallpaper.
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July 28, 2009 at 10: 31 PM that wallpaper is hideous
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Still, the really mind-blowing alternative to books-as-wallpaper is something a bit farther down the pike: practical storage at the atomic level.
Seth Shostak: Burn the Bookcases! Seth Shostak 2010
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