wallpaper

Pluralwallpapers (some meanings)

Formswallpapers, wallpapering, wallpapered

1. 1
   noununcountable

   Special paper that you stick on the inside walls of a room to make them look nice.

   Like a giant sticker that covers a whole wall.

   We chose a bright yellow wallpaper for the kitchen.

   The old wallpaper was peeling off near the ceiling.

   Similarpaper

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A picture or pattern shown behind the icons on a computer screen.

   Like a picture you hang on the wall behind your desk, but on a screen.

   She set a photo of the ocean as her wallpaper.

   I changed my wallpaper to a picture of my dog.

   Similarbackground, backdrop

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To put decorative paper on the walls of a room.

   Like wrapping a present, except the present is your wall.

   They wallpapered the nursery before the baby arrived.

   We need to wallpaper the hallway this weekend.

   Similarpaper

4. 4
   nouncountable

   One rolled-up length of paper made for covering a wall.

   Like a roll of wrapping paper, but bigger and meant for walls.

   We needed two wallpapers to cover the big room.

   I grabbed one more wallpaper from the shelf.

   Similarroll

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A certain pattern or design of paper used to cover walls.

   Like choosing a pattern for your curtains, but for the wall instead.

   The shop offers dozens of wallpapers in different colors.

   That floral wallpaper looks too busy for a small room.

   Similarpattern, design

6. 6
   nounfigurativelyuncountablebefore a noun

   Anything that fades into the background and becomes part of the surroundings.

   Like a clock ticking in a room: after a while you stop hearing it.

   The background music in the cafe was just wallpaper to the busy diners.

   After a while, the city noise turns into wallpaper you stop hearing.

   Similarbackground, backdrop

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7. 7
   nounslangcountable or uncountable

   General video of a building or place, shown behind a news story on TV.

   Like filler pictures shown so the screen isn't empty while someone talks.

   The reporter asked the crew to shoot some wallpaper of the courthouse.

   They used old wallpaper of the stadium for the evening news.

   Similarfootage, B-roll

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8. 8
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountable

   Cheap, colorful stamps made in large numbers just to sell to collectors.

   Like fake shiny coins made only to look pretty, not to be worth anything.

   Serious collectors avoid wallpaper and look for older, rarer stamps.

   Most of the stamps in that cheap packet were just wallpaper.

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9. 9
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A radio user's collection of awards and cards from other operators they have reached.

   Like a wall covered with photos that show all the places you have been.

   He covered his radio room wall with wallpaper from years of contacts.

   Her wallpaper included rare cards from operators on every continent.

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