wallpaper

Meanings

Noun

• Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
• A roll of such paper.
• A style or design of such material.
• Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
• An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
• Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
• Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
• A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

Verb

• To cover (a wall, a room, etc) with wallpaper.

Related

Similar words

• desktop image, desktop pattern, background
• paper

Origin

• wall + paper