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

Etymology

Origin of photomural

First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + mural

Example Sentences

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photomural

And in a photomural by the Los Angeles artist Ken Gonzalez-Day, the body is conspicuous through its absence.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2017

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2016

The photomural of Auschwitz that opens the show was shot in the same year.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 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

A group of David Smiths is gussied up with a 50-ft. photomural of what purports to be, but is not, the landscape around his studio at Bolton Landing.

From Time Magazine Archive