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wall·pa·per
(wôl′pā′pər)n.
1. Paper often colored and printed with designs and pasted to a wall as a decorative covering.
2. A picture or design displayed on the background of a computer screen or cell phone.
v. wall·pa·pered, wall·pa·per·ing, wall·pa·pers
v.tr.
To cover with wallpaper.
v.intr.
To decorate a wall or room with wallpaper.
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wallpaper
(ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə)n
1. (Building) paper usually printed or embossed with designs for pasting onto walls and ceilings
2.
a. something pleasant but bland which serves as an unobtrusive background
b. (as modifier): wallpaper music.
3. (Computer Science) computing a graphics file that can be displayed in certain applications behind or around the main dialogue boxes, working display areas, etc, for decoration
vb
(Building) to cover (a surface) with wallpaper
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wall•pa•per
(ˈwɔlˌpeɪ pər)n.
1. paper, usu. on rolls and with printed decorative patterns, for pasting on and covering walls or ceilings.
2. any fabric, foil, vinyl material, etc., used as a wall or ceiling covering.
v.t. 3. to put wallpaper on or in.
[1820–30]
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wallpaper
Past participle: wallpapered
Gerund: wallpapering
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| Noun | 1. |  wallpaper - a decorative paper for the walls of roomspaper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses |
| Verb | 1. |  wallpaper - cover with wallpaper cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
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Translations
وَرَقُ الـجَدْرانوَرَق جُدْرانيَكْسو بِوَرَق الجُدْران
tapeta
tapettapetsere
tapettitaustakuvatapetoida
tapeta
tapétatapétáz
veggfóîraveggfóîur
壁紙
벽지
tapet
tapetatapetyvytapetovať
tapeta
tapet
กระดาษบุผนังหรือเพดาน
duvar kâğıdıduvar kâğıdıyla kaplamakduvar kağıdı
giấy dán tường
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wallpaper
[ˈwɔːlpeɪpər] vt [+ room] → mettre du papier peint dans; [+ wall] → mettre du papier peint surwallpaper paste n → colle f à papier peintWall Street n
(= place) → Wall Street f
on Wall Street → à Wall Street
on Wall Street → à Wall Street
wall-to-wall carpet → moquette f
(= continuous) [coverage, news] → en continu
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wall
(woːl) noun1. something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something. There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.
2. any of the sides of a building or room. One wall of the room is yellow – the rest are white.
verb (often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall. We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.
walled adjectivea walled city.
-walled having (a certain type or number of) wall(s). a high-walled garden.
ˈwallpaper noun paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc. My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them.
verb to put such paper on. I have wallpapered the front room.
ˌwall-to-ˈwall adjective (of a carpet etc) covering the entire floor of a room etc.
have one's back to the wall to be in a desperate situation. The army in the south have their backs to the wall, and are fighting a losing battle.
up the wall crazy. This business is sending/driving me up the wall!
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
wallpaper
→ وَرَقُ الـجَدْران tapeta tapet Tapete ταπετσαρία papel de colgadura, papel pintado tapetti papier peint tapeta carta da parati 壁紙 벽지 behang tapet tapeta papel de parede обои tapet กระดาษบุผนังหรือเพดาน duvar kağıdı giấy dán tường 壁纸Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009