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mural

[ myoor-uhl ]
/ ˈmyʊər əl /
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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.
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Origin of mural

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin mĆ«rālis, equivalent to mĆ«r(us) wall + -ālis-al1

Words nearby mural

muppet, Mur, mura, muraenid, murage, mural, mural crown, muraled, mural endocarditis, muralism, muralist
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Words related to mural

painting, photograph, scene, scenery, view, art, canvas, composition, depiction, landscape, oil painting, picture, portrait, sketch, design, drawing, watercolor, outlook, panorama, prospect

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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 forms of mural

muralist, noun

Word Origin for mural

C15: from Latin mƫrālis, from mƫrus wall
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for mural

mural
[ myurâ€Čəl ]
adj.
Of or relating to the wall of any cavity.
The American HeritageŸ Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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