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mural adjective /ˈmjʊərəl/ /ˈmjʊrəl/ [only before noun] jump to other results - (of a painting) large and done on a wall, sometimes on an outside wall of a buildingTopics Artc2
mural noun /ˈmjʊərəl/ /ˈmjʊrəl/ jump to other results - a painting, usually a large one, done on a wall, sometimes on an outside wall of a building
- murals depicting Aesop’s fables
Topics Houses and homesc1, Artc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + muralmural + verb- depict something
- show something
See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from French, from Latin muralis, from murus ‘wall’. The adjective was first used in mural crown; later (mid 16th cent.) the sense ‘placed or executed on a wall’ arose, reflected in the current noun use (dating from the early 20th cent.).
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