wallpaper

6 definitions • 10 examples

a thick, often decorative, paper used for covering the walls and sometimes ceilings of a room:

a roll of wallpaper

We thought we'd put up/hang some wallpaper in the children's bedroom to make it brighter.

I saw a wallpaper today that would be just right for the bathroom.

We'll need some wallpaper paste and a big brush.

a design or image that you can choose to have as a background (= behind the main information) on a screen of your computer or mobile phone:

Find the best desktop wallpapers featuring photos of stunning nature, space, landscapes, and cities.

Download free HD wallpapers, backgrounds, and lock screens to personalize your phone or mobile device.

to put wallpaper on the walls of a room:

We've wallpapered the bedrooms.

a type of decorative paper sometimes used to cover the walls of a room instead of painting them:

[ U ] We found some beautiful wallpaper with an orange floral pattern.

shares and bonds that have no or almost no value:

Are these certificates worth anything or are they just wallpaper?

an image or pattern that you can save onto the screen of your computer:

All these images are free to download as desktop wallpaper.