wallcovering

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noun

A covering for a wall, such as wallpaper

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Meanings

nounwallcovering (plural wallcoverings)

plural wallcoverings

  1. A covering for a wall, such as wallpaper

    There is no reason not to paper one wall with your favorite wallcovering — the wall with the fireplace, say, or the one where you plan to park the sofa — and paint adjacent walls a complementary color.

    2007 June 21, Mitchell Owens, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times

Origin

From wall + covering.

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APA

wallcovering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallcovering

MLA

“wallcovering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallcovering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wallcovering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallcovering.

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