wallpaper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə/
Etymology
From wall + paper.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
- (countable) A roll of such paper.
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(countable) A style or design of such material.
He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.
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(attributive, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable) Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
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.
2004, Brian Mooney, Barry Simpson, Breaking News: How the Wheels Came off at Reuters, page 114:Her experiences are too early and too much part of the emotional wallpaper to be grasped in this way.
2007, Susan Nathiel, Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother:
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(countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
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.
1997, Richard Dungworth, Philippa Wingate, Windows 3.1 & Windows 95 for Beginners, page 65:
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(countable, slang, uncountable) Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
Scripts that include brief reference to a picture turn stock footage from 'wallpaper' to illustration.
1983, Av Westin, Newswatch: How TV Decides the News, page 88: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.
2002, Kathy Chater, Research for Media Production, page 75:
- (countable, informal, uncountable) Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
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(countable, qualifier:CB radio slang, uncountable) A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.
Wallpaper. Hams love awards, and thousands of awards are available.
2013, H. Ward Silver, Ham Radio For Dummies:Some of my wallpaper includes ORS, OPS […]
1960, QST, volume 44, numbers 1-6, page 76:So if you are a technical ham and are looking for one more piece of "wallpaper" to put up at the shack, consider […]
1994, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 400-411, page 155:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wallpapers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
wallpaperlike · moving wallpaper · wallpapery · wallpaperer · ingrain wallpaper · LED wallpaper · woodchip wallpaper · aural wallpaper · tighter than wallpaper · Wallpapergate · wallpaper group
Synonyms
paper[Appendix:Glossary · desktop pattern · desktop image (computing: background image) · background
Translations (135)
ka ეკრანის ფონი (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · eo ekranfono (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · nn tapet (decorative paper for walls) · es papel tapiz/mural (decorative paper for walls) · cmn 壁紙 /壁纸 (decorative paper for walls) · mn ханын цаас (decorative paper for walls) · ar وَرَق حَائِط (decorative paper for walls) · el ταπετσαρία (decorative paper for walls) · hi वॉलपेपर (decorative paper for walls) · lt tapetai (decorative paper for walls) · nn bakgrunn (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · nb bakgrunn (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · pl tapeta (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · az divar kağızı (decorative paper for walls) · hu háttérkép (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ur وال پیپَر (decorative paper for walls) · eo tapeto (decorative paper for walls) · de Hintergrundbild (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · cs tapeta (decorative paper for walls) · sv skrivbordsbakgrund (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · fa-ira دیوارْبَرْگ (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · pt padrão de fundo (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · nl behang (decorative paper for walls) · pt plano de fundo (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · fr image de bureau (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · de Tapete (decorative paper for walls) · pt papel de parede (decorative paper for walls) · nl wallpaper (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · sk tapeta (decorative paper for walls) · fa-ira والْپِیْپِر (decorative paper for walls) · pt papel de parede (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · se tapeahtta (decorative paper for walls) · tg зардеворӣ (decorative paper for walls) · el ταπετσαρία (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · vi giấy dán tường (decorative paper for walls) · da tapet (decorative paper for walls) · crh divar kâğıtı (decorative paper for walls) · kw paper fos (decorative paper for walls) · fa-ira والْپِیْپِر (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · fr arrière-plan (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · pt fundo de ecrã (MacOS) (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · he טפיטי נייר (decorative paper for walls) · es empapelado (decorative paper for walls) · fr fond d'écran (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ro tapet (decorative paper for walls) · fr papier-peint (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · es papel pintado (decorative paper for walls) · cmn 電腦壁紙 /电脑壁纸 (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · hu tapéta (decorative paper for walls) · pt fundo do ambiente de trabalho (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · hi पृष्ठभूमि (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ru обо́и (decorative paper for walls) · es fondo de pantalla (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · br paper-moger (decorative paper for walls) · fi tapetti (decorative paper for walls) · bg тапе́т (decorative paper for walls) · mi pepapātū (decorative paper for walls) · mi pepa pakitara (decorative paper for walls) · se seaidnebábir (decorative paper for walls) · mn хананы цаас (decorative paper for walls) · ka ფონი (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · th วอลล์เพเปอร์ (decorative paper for walls) · cmn 電腦桌布 /电脑桌布 (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · mk тапе́та (decorative paper for walls) · nl behangpapier (decorative paper for walls) · ga páipéar balla (decorative paper for walls) · kk тұсқағаз (decorative paper for walls) · ca paper pintat (decorative paper for walls) · sh tapéta (decorative paper for walls) · el φόντο (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · mi pepapātū (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · he נְייָר־קִיר (decorative paper for walls) · tl papel pandingding (decorative paper for walls) · vo tapot (decorative paper for walls) · tr duvar kâğıdı (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ru обо́и (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ka შპალერი (decorative paper for walls) · is skjáborðsmynd (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ca paper (decorative paper for walls) · fr motif de bureau (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · pt imagem de fundo (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · vi hình nền (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · sm pepa puipui (decorative paper for walls) · ja 壁紙 (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ca paper d'empaperar (decorative paper for walls) · fi työpöydän taustakuva (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · fi taustakuva (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · is veggfóður (decorative paper for walls) · pdt Rollpapia (decorative paper for walls) · pt imagem da mesa (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · it sfondo (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ms kertas dinding (decorative paper for walls) · de Wallpaper (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · tg коғази деворӣ (decorative paper for walls) · uk шпале́ри (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ar خَلْفِيَّة (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · nl bureaubladachtergrond (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · cmn 桌面背景 (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · cs tapeta (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · es decomural (decorative paper for walls) · mn обои (decorative paper for walls) · hy պաստառ (decorative paper for walls) · fa-ira پَسزَمینِه (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · nl behangselpapier (decorative paper for walls) · ko 벽지 (decorative paper for walls) · lv tapetes (decorative paper for walls) · uz oboi (decorative paper for walls) · be шпале́ры (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ga páipéar balla (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · th วอลล์เพเปอร์ (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ky обои (decorative paper for walls) · sv skrivbordsbild (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · fr papier peint (decorative paper for walls) · ky туш кагаз (decorative paper for walls) · nb tapet (decorative paper for walls) · cy papur wal (decorative paper for walls) · pl tapeta (decorative paper for walls) · it carta da parati (decorative paper for walls) · cmn 牆紙 /墙纸 (decorative paper for walls) · ko 화면 (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · uk шпале́ри (decorative paper for walls) · dsb tapeta (decorative paper for walls) · fa-ira کاغَذِ دیواری (decorative paper for walls) · pdt Wauntpapia (decorative paper for walls) · sv tapet (decorative paper for walls) · sl tapeta (decorative paper for walls) · he טַפֶּט (decorative paper for walls) · et tapeet (decorative paper for walls) · be шпале́ры (decorative paper for walls) · ur وال پیپَر (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · sh тапе́та (decorative paper for walls) · mk позадина (computing: image used to cover a desktop) · ja 壁紙 (decorative paper for walls) · uz gulqogʻoz (decorative paper for walls) · tr duvar kâğıdı (decorative paper for walls)