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mu·ral 
[myoor-uhl] Pronunciation Key
[myoor-uhl] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling. |
| 2. | a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall. |
| 3. | a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced repeats so as to produce the effect of a mural painting on a wall of average size; a trompe l'oeil. |
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or resembling a wall. |
| 5. | executed on or affixed to a wall: mural inscriptions. |
| 6. | pertaining to any of several astronomical instruments that were affixed to a wall aligned on the plane of a meridian, and were formerly used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies: a mural quadrant; a mural circle. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mu·ral
(myŏŏr'əl) Pronunciation Key
n. A very large image, such as a painting or enlarged photograph, applied directly to a wall or ceiling. adj.
[Middle English, of a wall, from Old French, from Latin mūrālis, from mūrus, wall.] mu'ral·ist n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mural
mural
1471, "a wall," from M.Fr. muraille, from L. muralia, neut. pl. of muralis "of a wall," from murus "wall" (Old L. moiros, moerus). Mural painting attested from 1850; mural as short for this is from 1921.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| mural | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to walls; "mural painting" |
noun | |
| 1. | a painting that is applied to a wall surface |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
mural
mural
A painting, usually large, made directly on a wall.
Note: The Mexican artist Diego Rivera was noted for his production of murals.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mural mu·ral (my&oobreve;r'əl)
adj.
Of or relating to the wall of any cavity.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mural
Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See Mure a wall.]1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. "Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn. 2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice. Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle, n., 3. Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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