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mural

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mu·ral  (myrl)
n.
A very large image, such as a painting or enlarged photograph, applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a wall.
2. Painted on or applied to a wall.

[Middle English, of a wall, from Old French, from Latin mrlis, from mrus, wall.]

mural·ist n.

mural [myoor-al]
Noun
a large painting on a wall
Adjective
of or relating to a wall [Latin murus wall]
muralist n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.muralmural - a painting that is applied to a wall surface
fresco - a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
Adj.1.mural - of or relating to walls; "mural painting"
Translations
mural [ˈmjuərl] n(pintura) mural m

mural [ˈmjuərl] npeinture murale

mural [ˈmjuərl] nWandgemälde nt

mural [ˈmjuərəl] ndipinto murale

mural
n mural [ˈmjuərəl]
a painting that is painted directly on to a wall. muurskildery رَسْمَه جِداريَّه стенопис nástěnný vægmaleri das Wandgemälde τοιχογραφία mural, pintura mural seinamaaling نقاشى ديوارى seinämaalaus peinture murale צִיוּר קִיר दीवार slika na zidu falfestmény, freskó lukisan dinding veggmálverk murale 壁画 벽화 freska sienas gleznojums mural muurschildering veggmaleri, freske fresk mural pictură murală фреска nástenný stenska podoba mural väggmålning จิตรกรรมฝาผนัง duvar resmi 壁畫 фреска دیوار پر بنائی ہوئی تصویر bức tranh tường


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The inner walls of the church were placarded with large mural tablets of copper, bearing engraved inscriptions celebrating the merits of old Heilbronn worthies of two or three centuries ago, and also bearing rudely painted effigies of themselves and their families tricked out in the queer costumes of those days.
The room was well lighted by a number of large windows and was beautifully decorated with mural paintings and mosaics, but upon all there seemed to rest that indefinable touch of the finger of antiquity which convinced me that the architects and builders of these wondrous creations had nothing in common with the crude half-brutes which now occupied them.
Only in the most ancient of our legends and in the mural paintings of the deserted cities of the dead sea-bottoms are depicted such a race of auburn-haired, fair-skinned people.
 
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