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mural

[ myoo r-uh l ]
/ 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.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

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  8. mural thrombosis,
  9. mural thrombus,
  10. muraled

Origin of mural

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

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
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

Word Origin and History for mural

mural

n.

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").

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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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