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wallpaper

noun verb

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

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Word length
9
Starts with
W
Ends with
R
Contains
AL
Scrabble score
16

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noun

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

  2. A roll of such paper.

  3. A style or design of such material.

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

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

  5. An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

  6. Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.

  7. Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.

  8. A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

verb

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

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

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