wallpaper.
Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
Meaning & usage
Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
A roll of such paper.
A style or design of such material.
He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.
Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
He chose a Minecraft design as his computer's wallpaper.
Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.
Where this word comes from
From wall + paper.
To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.
Where this word comes from
From wall + paper.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.