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wallcovering

wallcovering noun: a covering for a wall, such as wallpaper.

Noun

wallcovering (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

Forms of wallcovering

pluralwallcoverings

Origin of wallcovering

From wall + covering.

Questions about wallcovering

What does wallcovering mean?
Wallcovering means a covering for a wall, such as wallpaper.
What part of speech is wallcovering?
Wallcovering is a noun.
What is the plural of wallcovering?
The plural of wallcovering is wallcoverings.

Words near wallcovering in the dictionary

  1. Wallbrown
  2. wallchart
  3. wallcharts
  4. wallclock
  5. wallclocks
  6. wallcovering
  7. wallcoverings
  8. wallcrawl
  9. wallcrawler
  10. wallcrawlers
  11. wallcrawling

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