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# wallpaper

noun (wallpaper — uncountable; a wallpaper, wallpapers); verb (wallpaper, wallpapers, wallpapered, wallpapering)

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

## Everyday

1. Wallpaper is paper with patterns or colours that is stuck on walls to decorate a room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#m1)
2. Wallpaper is also the background picture on a computer or phone screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#m2)
3. To wallpaper is to put wallpaper on walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#m3)

### In the lessons

At home, families choose wallpaper for bedrooms. On phones, you change your wallpaper picture. Phrases: put up wallpaper, phone wallpaper.

### Examples

- We put up new wallpaper in my bedroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#x1)
- The wallpaper has stars on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#x2)
- My phone wallpaper is my dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#x3)
- Dad wallpapered the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#x4)
- The old wallpaper peeled off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#x5)
- Choose a wallpaper for the computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wallpaper/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable for the paper; countable for designs. Verb: wallpapered. One word.

## On Mova

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