photomural

American  

[foh-tuh-myoor-uhl] / ˈfoʊ təˌmjʊər əl /

noun

1. a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.

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photomural British  

/ ˌfəʊtəʊˈmjʊərəl /

noun

1. a decoration covering all or part of a wall consisting of a single enlarged photograph or a montage

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Other Word Forms

• photomuralist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of photomural

First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + mural

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Example Sentences

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photomural

Across the room is the idyllic opposite, a soaring, black-and-white photomural of El Capitan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2016

Giant microphones, vacuum tubes, capstans, switches, rheostats and broadcast towers erupted around you in a circular photomural 67 feet in diameter.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2014

Both the photomural and rotunda are long gone.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2014

Hidden from the bustle behind a slatted wooden wall, its interior is dominated by a calming photomural of a Georgia pine forest.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2011

Fitted like a giant picture puzzle, the world's largest photomural was pasted last week on the east wall of the vast, high-vaulted rotunda of Manhattan's Grand Central Station.

From Time Magazine Archive

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