Definition of WALLPAPER

wallpaper

Plural: wallpapers

Noun

  • a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
  • Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
  • A roll of such paper.
  • A style or design of such material.
  • Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
  • An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
  • 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.

Verb

  • cover with wallpaper
  • To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.

Examples

  • He chose a Minecraft design as his computer's wallpaper.
  • He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.

Origin / Etymology

From wall + paper.

Synonyms

paper, background, desktop image, desktop pattern, paper[Appendix:Glossary#elliptically|elliptically]] synonymous>

Scrabble Score: 16

wallpaper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wallpaper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wallpaper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

wallpaper: valid Words With Friends Word