MURAL
What does "MURAL" mean?
A large painting or artwork applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
Meanings
- A painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall, ceiling, or other large permanent surface. A vivid mural of the river covered the side of the old factory.
- Relating to or resembling a wall. The fortress was ringed by a high mural barrier. technical
Did you know?
- A mural can be too political to survive: Diego Rivera's Rockefeller Center fresco was smashed off the wall in 1934 because he refused to paint out a portrait of Lenin he had included.
Word origin
From Latin 'muralis', 'of a wall', from 'murus', 'wall'; the noun is short for 'mural painting', a sense that took hold in English in the 1920s.
Remember it
MURAL contains 'mur' - the Latin and French 'mur' for 'wall'; a mural is literally art that belongs to the wall.
A little poem
The brick had only ever held the rain;
now a painted river runs its length-
the wall remembers it was always wide.
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Wordplay
- Why did the mural never move out? It was too attached to the wall - and frankly, framed for staying.
What it teaches
Art put on the wall of the street belongs to everyone who passes; the price of that reach is that it cannot be carried away.
Quick facts
What does MURAL mean?
A large painting or artwork applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
Is MURAL a valid word?
Yes — MURAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MURAL?
MURAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MURAL come from?
From Latin 'muralis', 'of a wall', from 'murus', 'wall'; the noun is short for 'mural painting', a sense that took hold in English in the 1920s.
What can MURAL teach us?
Art put on the wall of the street belongs to everyone who passes; the price of that reach is that it cannot be carried away.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.