wall painting

noun

: fresco

Examples of wall painting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 3,000-year-old monument contains colorful wall paintings as well as inscriptions identifying the former occupant as a man named Paser. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

Each of the six buildings was built between 1600 and 1700 and some of the original design details have endured—like the grand staircase in the lobby and the Maurer Room, a meeting room that features original 18th-century wall paintings. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026

Archaeologists also found human skeletal remains — believed to belong to monks — along with wall paintings and architectural features. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Those myths were conveyed through performance, sung in the great halls of the elite, recited at festivals all across the ancient world, staged at the theatre to large audiences, and displayed on wall paintings, mosaics, vases, and sculptures that adorned both sacred sanctuaries and city-states. — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1688, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wall painting

• acquainting
• repainting
• fainting
• tainting