Wallpaper - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwɔːlpeɪpər|  American pronunciation of the word wallpaper
Brit.  |ˈwɔːlpeɪpə|  British pronunciation of the word wallpaper

noun

- a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

verb

- cover with wallpaper (syn: paper)

Extra examples

The wallpaper began to peel.

I haven't finished wallpapering the bedroom yet.

They plan to hang wallpaper in the hallway.

The wallpaper has a regular pattern of stripes.

...we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked...

The wallpaper has a flower motif.

...lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper...

The wallpaper is in shreds.

...the spotted tablecloth clashed with the stripes on the wallpaper...

...wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper...

Moisture caused the wallpaper to wrinkle and peel.

The wallpaper was figured with rosebuds.

The car radio oozed wallpaper music as viscous as syrup.

I want a wallpaper patterned with roses.

The curtains repeat the wallpaper pattern.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: wallpaper
he/she/it: wallpapers
present participle: wallpapering
past tense: wallpapered
past participle: wallpapered
noun
singular: wallpaper
plural: wallpapers
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