wallpaper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   decorative paper or similar material used to cover the inside walls of a room

   The kitchen wallpaper had a blue-and-white tile pattern.

2. 2
   noun

   an image used as the background of a computer or phone screen

   She chose a photograph of the mountains as her phone wallpaper.

3. 3
   verb

   to cover a wall or room with wallpaper

   They wallpapered the nursery with a pattern of small stars.

A compound of wall + paper, established in the eighteenth century for printed paper used as an interior wall covering. Computing later extended it to the decorative image behind icons on a screen.

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