wallpaper

Paper with colors or patterns that you stick onto walls to decorate a room.

• The wallpaper is blue.
• We chose striped wallpaper for the bedroom.
• Old wallpaper was peeling off the wall.

Similar words: wall covering

Common phrases: floral wallpaper, hang wallpaper, strip the wallpaper, patterned wallpaper

A picture or pattern behind the icons on a computer or phone screen.

• I changed my phone wallpaper.
• Her desktop wallpaper shows a snowy mountain.
• You can use this photo as wallpaper.

Similar words: background, desktop background

Common phrases: desktop wallpaper, change the wallpaper, phone wallpaper

A particular pattern or style of decorative paper for walls.

• This wallpaper comes in three colors.
• She compared several wallpapers before choosing a floral design.
• The shop sells wallpapers with bold geometric patterns.

Similar words: wallpaper design

Common phrases: choose a wallpaper, a floral wallpaper, different wallpaper designs

To cover the walls of a room with decorative paper.

• We will wallpaper the bedroom.
• She wallpapered the hall last weekend.
• Have you ever wallpapered a ceiling?

How to use it: wallpaper something (We plan to wallpaper the bedroom.); wallpaper over something (They wallpapered over the old paint.)

Similar words: paper

Common phrases: wallpaper a room, wallpaper the hallway, wallpaper over something