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wallpaper

wall·pa·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wawl-pey-per]
    • /ˈwɔlˌpeɪ pər/
    • /ˈwɔːlˌpeɪ.pər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wawl-pey-per]
    • /ˈwɔlˌpeɪ pər/

Definitions of wallpaper word

  • noun wallpaper paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc. 1
  • noun wallpaper any fabric, foil, vinyl material, etc., used as a wall or ceiling covering. 1
  • noun wallpaper Computers. a design or picture in the background of the primary display screen of a graphical user interface: Personalize your tablet by changing the wallpaper. 1
  • verb with object wallpaper to put wallpaper on (a wall, ceiling, etc.) or to furnish (a room, house, etc.) with wallpaper. 1
  • noun wallpaper Paper that is pasted in vertical strips over the walls of a room to provide a decorative or textured surface. 1
  • noun wallpaper decorative paper for walls 1

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Origin of wallpaper

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; wall + paper

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Wallpaper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wallpaper popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".

wallpaper usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for wallpaper

verb wallpaper

  • paper over — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.

noun wallpaper

  • paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.

Antonyms for wallpaper

verb wallpaper

  • strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.
  • peal — a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.

Top questions with wallpaper

  • how to remove wallpaper?
  • doctor who wallpaper?

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