Wallpaper

Definitions

1. Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
   uncountable
2. A roll of such paper.
   countable
3. A style or design of such material.
   countable
4. Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
   attributive, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable
5. An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
   countable, uncountable
6. Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
   countable, slang, uncountable
7. Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
   countable, informal, uncountable
8. A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

38 more languages

العربيةخلفيةورق الجدرانوَرَق حَائِط

Azərbaycan dilidivar kağızı

Българскитапет

Bosanskitapetaпозадинатапета

Catalàpaper

Češtinatapeta

Dansktapet

Ελληνικάταπετσαρίαφόντο

Esperantotapeto

Suomiseinäpaperitapetoidatapettitaustakuva+ 1 more

Gaeilgepáipéar balla

עבריתטפט

हिन्दीपृष्ठभूमि

Hrvatskitapetaпозадинатапета

Magyartapéta

Հայերենպաստառ

Íslenskaskjáborðsmynd

Italianocarta da paratisfondotappezzare

日本語壁紙壁紙をはる

ქართულიფონიშპალერი

한국어벽지화면

Kurdîtapet

Latviešutapetetapetes

Македонскипозадинатапетатапетира

Bahasa Melayukertas dinding

Nederlandsbehangbehangenbehangpapierbehangselpapierbureaubladachtergrondwallpaper+ 3 more

Polskitapetatapetować

Portuguêsempapelarfundo de ecrã (MacOS)fundo do ambiente de trabalhoimagem da mesaimagem de fundopadrão de fundopapel de paredeplano de fundo+ 5 more

Românătapet

Русскийобоиоклеивать обоями

Slovenčinatapeta

Slovenščinatapeta

Српскиtapetaпозадинатапета

Svenskatapettapetsera

ไทยวอลล์เพเปอร์

Türkçeduvar kâğıdı

Українськашпалерашпалери

Tiếng Việthình nền

Examples

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

“This was not the wallpaper television that flickered away in the background in every dealing room but was not really watched. This was finely targeted and timely broadcast⟳ of stuff dealers would want⟳ to drop everything to watch⟳.”

“Her experiences are too early and too much part of the emotional wallpaper to be grasped in this way.”

“He chose a Minecraft design⟳ as his computer's wallpaper.”

“You can design⟳ your own⟳ wallpaper using Paintbrush. A wallpaper appears on your desktop in tiles. The number⟳ of tiles that are needed to cover⟳ the desktop depends on the size of the canvas you use⟳ to create⟳ a wallpaper.”

“Scripts that include⟳ brief reference to a picture turn⟳ stock⟳ footage from 'wallpaper' to illustration.”

“News bulletins on television may need⟳ general rather than specific footage. This is known as wallpaper — moving pictures over which the news item is read⟳.”

“Some of my wallpaper includes ORS, OPS […]”

“So if you are a technical ham and are looking for one more piece of "wallpaper" to put⟳ up at the shack, consider⟳ […]”

“Wallpaper. Hams love⟳ awards, and thousands of awards are available.”

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