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mural
[ myoor-uhl ]
noun
- 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.
adjective
- 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.
mural
/ ˈmjʊərəl /
noun
- a large painting or picture on a wall
adjective
- of or relating to a wall
mural
- A painting, usually large, made directly on a wall.
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Derived Forms
- ˈmuralist, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mural1
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Example Sentences
Mastrion immediately decided to change her concept to a mural of the band.
The program began about two years ago with artist Jet Martinez, who painted a brightly hued floral mural in Building 18.
By April 17, Warhol had written a letter to the Department of Public Works authorizing that the mural be painted over.
The teachers encouraged him, gave him a school wall for a mural.
Like a masterpiece—or a mural across the side of a subway car—the art of graffiti seemed to spring up overnight in New York City.
What remains to us, in the mural decorations of Pompeii and the designs on vases, seem to confirm the criticisms of the ancients.
This is intended for mural decoration only—like something dignified and inspiring—over a bar.
We have but little important mural painting in this country.
Modern opportunities of mural decoration are chiefly domestic.
Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
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