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WALLPAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wallpaper mean? 

WALLPAPER (noun)
  The noun WALLPAPER has 1 sense:

1. a decorative paper for the walls of roomsplay

  Familiarity information: WALLPAPER used as a noun is very rare.


WALLPAPER (verb)
  The verb WALLPAPER has 1 sense:

1. cover with wallpaperplay

  Familiarity information: WALLPAPER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WALLPAPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorative paper for the walls of rooms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wallpaper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Derivation:

wallpaper (cover with wallpaper)


WALLPAPER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they wallpaper  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it wallpapers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: wallpapered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: wallpapered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: wallpapering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with wallpaper

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

paper; wallpaper

Hypernyms (to "wallpaper" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

wallpaper (a decorative paper for the walls of rooms)

wallpaperer (a worker who papers walls)


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