mural

[ myoor-uhl ]
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noun
  1. a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.

  2. a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall.

  1. 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
  1. of, relating to, or resembling a wall.

  2. executed on or affixed to a wall: mural inscriptions.

  1. 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

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin mūrālis, equivalent to mūr(us) wall + -ālis-al1

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British Dictionary definitions for mural

mural

/ (ˈmjʊərəl) /


noun
  1. a large painting or picture on a wall

adjective
  1. of or relating to a wall

Origin of mural

1
C15: from Latin mūrālis, from mūrus wall

Derived forms of mural

  • muralist, noun

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Cultural definitions for mural

mural

A painting, usually large, made directly on a wall.

Notes for mural

The Mexican artist Diego Rivera was noted for his production of murals.

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