wallpaper

CEFRB1

/wˈɔˌlpeɪpər/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Paper with a design used to cover walls.

  2. 02

    verb

    To cover a wall with decorative paper.

Examples

  • I used a photo of my dog for my desktop wallpaper.

  • Tom used a whole roll of wallpaper.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A roll of such paper.

  2. A style or design of such material.

  3. Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

Synonyms

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We need to replace the old blank in the bedroom with a fresh pattern.

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Origin

noun

From wall + paper.