wallpaper
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
- (countable) A roll of such paper.
- (countable) A style or design of such material.
- (uncountable) Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.
- (computing) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.
- (television) Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
- (philately) Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.
- (CB radio) A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.
Etymology
Compound from English wall (boil) + English paper.
Origin
English
paper
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rockwall English
- Stonewall English
- Wallsend English
- adpaper English
- airwall English
- artpaper English
- cobwall English
- curlpaper English
- curtainwall English
- drywall English
- e-paper English
- endpaper English
- enwall English
- eyewall English
- ferropaper English
- firewall English
- floodwall English
- flypaper English
- footwall English
- forewall English
- forwall English
- glasspaper English
- groundwall English
- headwall English
- highwall English
- interwall English
- inwall English
- ladder wall English
- longwall English
- midwall English
- mudwall English
- multiwall English
- nanowall English
- newspaper English
- nonpaper English
- notepaper English
- oilpaper English
- outwall English
- paper English
- paper clay English
- paper cut English
- paperback English
- paperbacked English
- paperbag English
- paperbark English
- paperboard English
- paperbound English
- paperboy English
- paperbush English
- paperchase English
- papercraft English
- papercrete English
- papercutting English
- paperer English
- paperflower English
- papergirl English
- paperhanger English
- paperhanging English
- paperhood English
- paperish English
- paperknife English
- paperless English
- paperlike English
- papermaker English
- papermaking English
- paperman English
- papermouth English
- papern English
- paperphile English
- paperphilia English
- papershell English
- paperware English
- paperweight English
- paperwhite English
- paperwoman English
- paperwork English
- paperworks English
- papery English
- passwall English
- paywall English
- photopaper English
- pushwall English
- repaper English
- sandpaper English
- seawall English
- shear wall English
- shearwall English
- shortwall English
- sidewall English
- spoil-paper English
- stonewall English
- storagewall English
- streetwall English
- tarpaper English
- telepaper English
- tsunami wall English
- unpaper English
- unwall English
- wall English
- wall crawler English
- wall plate English
- wall rocket English
- wall-crawler English
- wallball English
- wallbird English
- wallboard English
- wallbox English
- wallchart English
- wallcovering English
- wallcrawl English
- wallcrawler English
- wallcrawling English
- wallcreeper English
- wallcrossing English
- waller English
- wallfish English
- wallflower English
- wallhack English
- wallhacker English
- wallhacking English
- wallhanging English
- wallless English
- walllike English
- wallpaperer English
- wallpaperlike English
- wallpapery English
- wallpepper English
- wallpress English
- wallscape English
- wallscreen English
- wallside English
- walltop English
- wallure English
- wallward English
- warped wall English
- wastepaper English
- waterwall English
- whitewall English
- workpaper English
- papȳrus Latin
- paper Spanish, Castilian
- ペーパー Japanese
- paper Middle English
- wall Middle English
- pàipear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- iphepha Zulu
- peba Marshallese
- iphepha Xhosa
- pepa Tok Pisin
- pepa Hawaiian
- liphepha Swati
- pepa Maori
- wall
- paper
- waller
- unwall
- enwall
- papern
- inwall
- papery
- adpaper
- outwall
- wallbox
- eyewall
- repaper
- wallure
- unpaper
- midwall
- paywall
- walltop
- paperer
- forwall
- drywall
- mudwall
- cobwall
- e-paper
- seawall
- airwall
- nonpaper
- wallfish
- pushwall
- wallside
- wallbird
- flypaper
- endpaper
- tarpaper
- footwall
- paperboy
- nanowall
- artpaper
- wallball
- longwall
- wallless
- paperman
- wallhack
- highwall
- sidewall
- wallward
- headwall
- forewall
- passwall
- paperbag
- Rockwall
- firewall
- paperish
- oilpaper
- Wallsend
- walllike
- paperbush
- curlpaper
- wallscape
- paperhood
- floodwall
- multiwall
- wallpress
- telepaper
- Stonewall
- paper cut
- paperbark
- stonewall
- paperless
- workpaper
- wallcrawl
- newspaper
- notepaper
- wallboard
- paperwork
- waterwall
- paperback
- shortwall
- wallchart
- interwall
- papergirl
- sandpaper
- shearwall
- paperlike
- paperware
- whitewall
- paperchase
- paperboard
- papermaker
- paperworks
- ferropaper
- streetwall
- wallpepper
- paperknife
- wastepaper
- paper clay
- wallhacker
- papershell
- wallflower
- paperwhite
- groundwall
- wallpapery
- photopaper
- paperphile
- papercraft
- papercrete
- wall plate
- wallscreen
- paperwoman
- papermouth
- glasspaper
- paperbound
- shear wall
- ladder wall
- paperphilia
- storagewall
- wallhanging
- wallcrawler
- papermaking
- wallpaperer
- wallhacking
- wallcreeper
- paperbacked
- warped wall
- paperweight
- curtainwall
- wall rocket
- paperflower
- paperhanger
- spoil-paper
- tsunami wall
- wallcovering
- papercutting
- wallcrossing
- wall crawler
- paperhanging
- wall-crawler
- wallcrawling
- wallpaperlike