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WALLPAPER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorative paper for the walls of roomsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wallpaper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Derivation:

wallpaper (cover with wallpaper)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they wallpaper  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it wallpapers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: wallpapered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: wallpapered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: wallpapering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with wallpaperplay

Synonyms:

paper; wallpaper

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wallpaper" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

wallpaper (a decorative paper for the walls of rooms)

wallpaperer (a worker who papers walls)

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