wallpaper

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

   Tapete, Hintergrundbild, Wallpaper

   обо́иobói, обо́иobói

   шпале́риšpaléry, шпале́риšpaléry

   a decorative paper for the walls of rooms

2. (countable)A roll of such paper.

3. (countable)A style or design of such material.

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

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

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

   He chose a Minecraft design as his computer's wallpaper.

6. (countable, slang, uncountable)Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.

7. (countable, informal, uncountable)Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors.

8. (countable, uncountable)A radio operator's collection of awards and QSL cards.

1. Tom used a whole roll of wallpaper.

   ruТом использовал целый рулон обоев.

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2. Which wallpaper did you choose?

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3. Do you like this wallpaper?

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4. The walls were covered with wallpaper.

   ruСтены были обклеены обоями.

   deDie Wände waren tapeziert.

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5. Why are you using that wallpaper?

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