Definition of "mural"

mural

/ˈmjʊɹəl/

noun
plural murals
1. A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
adjective
not comparable
1. Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
  Quotations
  Disburd’nd Heav’n rejoic’d, and soon repaird / Her mural breach, returning whence it rowld.
  1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, lines 878–879
  [Y]et in the Nectarine and like delicate Mural-fruit, the later your Pruning, the better, [...]
  1669, John Evelyn, “Kalendarium Hortense: Or The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [February.].”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, page 10
2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
verb
third-person singular simple present murals, present participle (UK) muralling or (US) muraling, simple past and past participle (UK) muralled or (US) muraled
1. To create a mural.
  Quotations
  Today savvy operators and designers are stenciling, streaking, stippling, spattering, sponging, mirroring, muraling and marbleizing their way to wonderful walls.
  1987, Cahners Publishing Company, Restaurants & Institutions, Volume 97, Issues 5-7
  Its walls were devoutly muraled by artists from the John Reed Club, a Communist-controlled cultural organization.
  2014, Whittaker Chambers, Witness‎

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mural

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