mural
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall.
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.
of, relating to, or resembling a wall.
executed on or affixed to a wall: mural inscriptions.
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.
Origin of mural
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How to use mural in a sentence
While chipping away plaster from his kitchen wall, the Guatemalan man unearthed a series of centuries-old Mayan murals.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance | The Daily Beast | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe circular trade exchange building features murals which date back to 1889.
And the last of the Colonel and Mrs. Hilmer Nelson murals still hang over the kitchen.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved | Andrew Romano | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe best ones have a view of the murals or are near the pretty glass cabinet filled with flickering candles.
Where to Fall in Love—or Just Get Drunk—on Valentine’s Day | Condé Nast Traveler | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPharaonic scenes, Muslim symbols, poetry, and Coptic icons—great vivid murals bloomed onto the walls.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring | Ahdaf Soueif | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Before them stretched a long, richly decorated hall, painted with great colored murals.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellI liked Mission graffiti; a lot of the times, it came in huge, luscious murals, or sarcastic art-student stencils.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThe walls were decorated with murals—photographic reproductions of a famous artist's conception of other planets.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinIn the main floor vestibule, wainscoted in marble, is a series of murals by Clell.
North Dakota | VariousShe was the little girl who posed for Tommy Lyons when he did his Mexican murals.
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British Dictionary definitions for mural
/ (ˈmjʊərəl) /
a large painting or picture on a wall
of or relating to a wall
Origin of mural
1Derived forms of mural
- muralist, noun
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Cultural definitions for mural
A painting, usually large, made directly on a wall.
Notes for mural
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