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WORLP-ayp-uh/ˈwɔːlpeɪpə/

Wallpaper is paper, usually patterned, stuck on indoor walls (often uncountable). Paint is liquid colour; a poster is a single sheet you pin up. Halls: do not put up wallpaper; blu-tack still needs the inventory check.

Meaning

Paper, usually patterned, stuck on indoor walls (often uncountable).

Examples

• “Do not put up wallpaper in halls; blu-tack still needs the inventory check.”
• “Wallpaper peeling in a rented room still goes on the inventory photo; ripping it off is damage.”

Good to know

wallpaper (often uncountable). Contrast: paint / a poster. Halls / tenancy. Mix-up: a wall is the structure; wallpaper is the covering. Extra: to wallpaper is the verb.

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