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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 rooms
Familiarity information: WALLPAPER used as a noun is very rare.
• WALLPAPER (verb)
The verb WALLPAPER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: WALLPAPER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: wallpapered
Past participle: wallpapered
-ing form: wallpapering
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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