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# mural

noun (a mural, murals)

«mural» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A mural is a large picture painted directly onto a wall or ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#m1)

### In the lessons

In art lessons, classes may design a mural for the playground or corridor. In towns, murals show local history, heroes or nature. In history, cave paintings and church wall paintings are early murals. Phrases: «paint a mural», «a school mural», «a street mural», «a wall mural».

### Examples

- Our class painted a mural of the ocean in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#x1)
- The mural on the bridge shows the town's history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#x2)
- Artists painted a huge mural of footballers on the side of the building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#x3)
- The church had old murals of Bible stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#x4)
- We planned the mural on paper first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#x5)
- The mural covered the whole wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/#x6)

### Note

Countable noun. From Latin «murus», wall. A mural is painted on the wall itself, not hung on it like a framed painting. Not the same as graffiti, which is often done without permission.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mural» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mural/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mural» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mural.html) on Mova free.