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wallpaper (iou)



wallpaper noun & verb. E19.
[from WALL noun1 + PAPER noun.]
A. noun.
Paper, usually printed or embossed with designs and sold in rolls, for pasting on to interior walls as decoration; paper-hangings. E19.
fig. An unobtrusive background, esp. of music or other sound. Chiefly derog. E20.
C. Dane They faded into a mere wall-paper of sound.
Computing. A pattern or picture used as an optional background on a computer screen. L20.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Cover or decorate (a wall or walls) with wallpaper. M20.