Definition of wallpaper
1 : decorative paper for the walls of a room
2 : the background image or set of images displayed on a computer screen After becoming a member, the user gets to design a homepage with his or her choice of pictures, music, wallpaper, writing, and information making each page unique. — Fahiym Ratcliffe
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Examples of wallpaper in a Sentence
The wallpaper began to peel.
First Known Use of wallpaper
1827
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Definition of wallpaper
transitive verb
: to provide the walls of (a room) with wallpaper
intransitive verb
: to put wallpaper on a wall
First Known Use of wallpaper
1918
WALLPAPER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of wallpaper for English Language Learners
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: thick decorative paper used to cover the walls of a room
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Definition of wallpaper for English Language Learners
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: to put wallpaper on the walls of (a room)
WALLPAPER Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of wallpaper for Students
: decorative paper for covering the walls of a room
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