paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc.
any fabric, foil, vinyl material, etc., used as a wall or ceiling covering.
Computers. a design or picture in the background of the primary display screen of a graphical user interface: Personalize your tablet by changing the wallpaper.
verb (used with object)
to put wallpaper on (a wall, ceiling, etc.) or to furnish (a room, house, etc.) with wallpaper.
We are going to be very judicious about the use of that video, mindful that its continued use turns it into wallpaper.
Should TV News Show Elliot Rodger’s ‘Retribution’ Video?|Lloyd Grove|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the latest issue of Wallpaper magazine, out Friday, the glossy released details of exactly what the designer has in store.
Kendall Jenner Bares Breasts at Marc Jacobs; Raf Simons Previews Home Goods Collection|The Fashion Beast Team|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Public libraries, whose books have been relegated to wallpaper, have never looked better.
America's Public Library Crisis: Who’s Reading the Books?|Jon Reiner|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“Barack Obama is like the wallpaper of her life,” Locke says of her two-and-a-half year-old daughter.
A Steamy Bayou Murder Mystery|Celia McGee|June 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
“To her, Barack Obama is like the wallpaper of her life,” her mother said.
A Steamy Bayou Murder Mystery|Celia McGee|June 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Where wallpaper is used, it should have the same characteristics.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife|Marion Mills Miller
I hated the little roses on the illuminated piece of wallpaper, I hated that fireside.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
The wallpaper should be simple and dignified in design, but of cheerful tone.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife|Marion Mills Miller
It had peeled itself loose and inched over the wallpaper and was now wrapping itself like a second skin around a baked potato.
Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939|Ray Bradbury
And then that wallpaper, what a tranquil pattern—a basket of sunflowers upside down alternately with a single palm upside up!
Seeing France with Uncle John|Anne Warner
British Dictionary definitions for wallpaper
wallpaper
/ (ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə) /
noun
paper usually printed or embossed with designs for pasting onto walls and ceilings
something pleasant but bland which serves as an unobtrusive background
(as modifier)wallpaper music
computinga graphics file that can be displayed in certain applications behind or around the main dialogue boxes, working display areas, etc, for decoration