mural

A large picture painted directly on a wall.

• They painted a mural at school.
• The mural shows animals from the forest.
• Have you seen the new murals downtown?

Similar words: wall painting

Common phrases: paint a mural, wall mural, large mural

Connected with a wall, or placed on or inside one.

• The chapel has beautiful mural decorations.
• A mural quadrant was fixed to the observatory wall.
• The survey recorded damage to the mural paintings.

Common phrases: mural decoration, mural painting, mural quadrant

Very steep and straight, like a wall.

• A mural cliff rose above the river.
• They faced a mural precipice with no visible path.
• The mural rock face blocked their route.

Similar words: sheer, vertical, steep

Common phrases: mural precipice, mural cliff

To make a large picture on a wall.

• They plan to mural the wall.
• Local artists muraled the school entrance.
• She murals public buildings with scenes of village life.

Common phrases: mural a wall, mural the building