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wallpaper

gb/wˈɔlpˌeɪpɚ/ us/wˈɔlpˌeɪpɚ/
A2 Engleză
~ 3700
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv A2 entity
1

Paper or material on walls

Paper or material put on walls to make them look nice.

Tipar de utilizare: [someone] puts wallpaper on [a wall]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'wallpaper' with 'wall paint'; wallpaper is a physical covering, not a liquid coating.
Sinonime
wallcovering (A broader term that includes wallpaper and other materials for covering walls.)
Antonime
bare wall (Refers to a wall without any covering or decoration.)
Colocații
striped wallpaper |floral wallpaper |peel off wallpaper |hang wallpaper |remove wallpaper
Teme
home |interior design |daily life |housing |arts_entertainment |daily_life
Exemple
  • She chose a floral wallpaper for the living room.
  • The old wallpaper was peeling off in several places.
  • They hired a decorator to hang new wallpaper in the hallway.
  • The kitchen's wallpaper has a bright, modern pattern.
  • Removing the wallpaper revealed the original brick wall.
Exemple pentru cursanți
  • The wallpaper in my room is blue.
  • We put new wallpaper in the kitchen.
  • The wallpaper has flowers on it.
  • He takes down the old wallpaper.
  • I see nice wallpaper in the shop.
Substantiv A2 entity
2

Background image on device screen

A picture or design that appears behind icons on a computer, phone, or tablet.

Tipar de utilizare: [someone] sets [an image] as wallpaper
Greșeală frecventă:
Some learners confuse 'wallpaper' with 'screensaver'; a screensaver is an animation or image that appears when the device is idle, not the background image.
Sinonime
background image (More descriptive and technical; refers specifically to the image shown behind other elements on a screen.)
Antonime
blank background (Refers to having no image, just a plain color as the background.)
Colocații
desktop wallpaper |phone wallpaper |change wallpaper |download wallpaper |set wallpaper
Teme
technology |computers |daily life |communication |daily_life
Exemple
  • I set a photo of my dog as my phone's wallpaper.
  • The new operating system comes with several beautiful wallpapers.
  • He changed his desktop wallpaper to a mountain scene.
  • You can download free wallpapers from many websites.
  • Her tablet's wallpaper is a picture of her family.
Exemple pentru cursanți
  • My phone has a cat as its wallpaper.
  • I change my computer wallpaper every week.
  • This is my favorite wallpaper for my laptop.
  • I see a nice wallpaper on your screen.
  • He puts a beach picture as his wallpaper.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
wallpaper
IPA
GB/wˈɔlpˌeɪpɚ/
US/wˈɔlpˌeɪpɚ/
Silabe și accent
wall - pa - per (3 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (wall)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
  • Base: wallpaper
  • Plural: wallpaper
Familie de cuvinte
Related words
wall noun A1 paper noun A1
Advanced or less common
wallcovering noun
Expresii

wallpaper over the cracks

1
/wˈɔlpˌeɪpɚ ˈoʊvɚ ðə kɹˈæks/
idiom

Hide problems without solving them

To make something look better by covering problems instead of fixing them.

Exemple
  • The new policy wallpapers over the cracks in the education system but doesn't address the real issues.
  • They tried to wallpaper over the cracks in their marriage by taking a vacation.

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