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Definition of Mural
1. Adjective. Of or relating to walls. "Mural painting"
2. Noun. A painting that is applied to a wall surface.
Specialized synonyms: Fresco
Generic synonyms: Painting, Picture
Derivative terms: Muralist
Definition of Mural
1. a. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
Definition of Mural
1. Noun. A large painting, usually drawn on a wall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mural
1. a painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling [n -S] : MURALED, MURALLED [adj]
Medical Definition of Mural
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1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. "Mural breach." . "Mural fruit." .
2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mural
Literary usage of Mural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"rN Department of Extra-mural Studies. The University, Aberdeen.—Dfr., NT Walker.
OBE Ph.D. BELFAST, Queen's University, Department of Extra- mural Studies ..."
2. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1918)
"SHOWING SERIES OF mural PAINTINGS A NOTABLE SERIES OF mural PAINTINGS EXECUTED
FOR THE VICTORY CELEBRATION, NEW YORK IN connection with the Victory ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The tombs and temples of Egypt are very rich in this kind of mural ornament of
... The subjects of these great mural sculptures are endless in their variety ..."
4. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1877)
"mural DECORATION. How best can the Encouragement of mural Decoration, ...
In answering this question it appears necessary to show that mural decoration is ..."
5. The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob, James Dafforne (1870)
"mural Paintings destroyed by the Iconoclasts and Barbarians.—Revival of Fresco,
in the ... mural Paintings in the Low Countries, Germany, and Switzerland. ..."
6. Line & Form by Walter Crane (1900)
"CHAPTER IX Of the Adaptation of Line and Form in Design, in various materials
and methods—mural Decoration—Fresco-work of the Italian Painters—Modern mural ..."
7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"(2) The mural pores of ... Schliiter, from the same locality, similarly enlarged,
pp. mural pores. ..."
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