wallpaper

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Synonyms: wall paper, wall-paper, walloper, wax paper, wallpapers, wallpaperer, wallpepper

Antonyms: wall paper, wall-paper, walloper, wax paper, wallpapers, wallpaperer, wallpepper

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q191529}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} Decorative [[paper]]-like material used to cover the inner [[wall]]s of buildings.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A roll of such paper.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[style]] or [[design]] of such material.
4. {{lb|en|uncountable|figurative|sometimes|attributive}} Anything that serves as a [[background]] or part of the [[surroundings]].
5. {{lb|en|computing|countable|uncountable}} An image or tiled pattern used as the [[background]] of a computer [[desktop]].
6. {{lb|en|television|slang}} [[generic|Generic]] [[footage]] of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
7. {{lb|en|philately|informal}} Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
8. {{lb|en|CB radio|_|slang}} A radio operator's collection of [[award]]s and [[QSL card]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cover (a wall, a room, ''etc'') with wallpaper.

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