wallpaper

Noun

uncountable countable attributive figuratively sometimes slang informal

(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. / (countable) A roll of such paper. / (countable) A style or design of such material.

Japanese Meaning

（内装用の）壁紙。建物の内壁を装飾するために使われる紙質の材料、またはそのロールやデザイン。 / 内壁装飾のための紙状素材で、一巻きの状態で提供される場合と、柄やデザインという意味でも用いられる。

What is this buttons?

She removed the old wallpaper to reveal the original plaster underneath.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は古い壁紙を剥がして、その下にあった元の漆喰を露出させた。

Details

Sense（1）

(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

Sense（2）

(countable) A roll of such paper.

Sense（3）

(countable) A style or design of such material.

He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.

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Sense（4）

(uncountable, figuratively, sometimes attributive) Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings.

This was not the wallpaper television that flickered away in the background in every dealing room but was not really watched. This was finely targeted and timely broadcast of stuff dealers would want to drop everything to watch.

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Sense（5）

(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

You can design your own wallpaper using Paintbrush. A wallpaper appears on your desktop in tiles. The number of tiles that are needed to cover the desktop depends on the size of the canvas you use to create a wallpaper.

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