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mural

mu·ral
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [myoo r-uh l]
    • /ˈmyʊər əl/
    • /ˈmjʊə.rəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [myoo r-uh l]
    • /ˈmyʊər əl/

Definitions of mural word

  • noun mural a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling. 1
  • noun mural a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall. 1
  • noun mural a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced repeats so as to produce the effect of a mural painting on a wall of average size; a trompe l'oeil. 1
  • adjective mural of, relating to, or resembling a wall. 1
  • adjective mural executed on or affixed to a wall: mural inscriptions. 1
  • adjective mural pertaining to any of several astronomical instruments that were affixed to a wall aligned on the plane of a meridian, and were formerly used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies: a mural quadrant; a mural circle. 1

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Origin of mural

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin mūrālis, equivalent to mūr(us) wall + -ālis -al1

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Parts of speech for Mural

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mural popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

mural usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for mural

noun mural

  • scenery — the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
  • photograph — a picture produced by photography.
  • scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
  • painting — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.

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