mural
[ myoo r-uh l ]
/ ˈmyʊər əl /
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.
Nearby words
muppet, mur, mura, muraenid, murage, mural, mural crown, mural endocarditis, mural thrombosis, mural thrombus, muraled
Origin of mural
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British Dictionary definitions for mural
mural
/ (ˈmjʊərəl) /
noun
a large painting or picture on a wall
adjective
of or relating to a wall
Derived Formsmuralist, noun
Word Origin for mural
C15: from Latin mūrālis, from mūrus wall
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Word Origin and History for mural
mural
painting on a wall, 1921, short for mural painting (1850), from mural (adj.) "pertaining to walls" (mid-15c.), from Latin muralis "of a wall," from murus "wall" (Old Latin moiros, moerus), from PIE *mei- "to fix; to build fences or fortifications" (cf. Old English mære "boundary, border, landmark;" Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land;" Latin munire "to fortify, protect").
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Medicine definitions for mural
mural
[ myur′əl ]
adj.
Of or relating to the wall of any cavity.
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Culture definitions for 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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