mural

[myoo r-uh l] /ˈmyʊər əl/
noun
1.
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
2.
a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall.
3.
a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced repeats so as to produce the effect of a mural painting on a wall of average size; a trompe l'oeil.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or resembling a wall.
5.
executed on or affixed to a wall:
mural inscriptions.
6.
pertaining to any of several astronomical instruments that were affixed to a wall aligned on the plane of a meridian, and were formerly used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies:
a mural quadrant; a mural circle.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin mūrālis, equivalent to mūr(us) wall + -ālis -al1
Examples from the web for murals
  • They include murals, home and office decoration, fashion and even free-standing sculpture.
  • In vivid colors, the murals were sometimes bold and threatening, sometimes exquisite and sacred.
  • Even the walls of the courthouse are enlivened by murals of cattle drives.
  • The picture palaces, with their murals and chandeliers, then became bingo halls or nightclubs.
  • It is said that anyone who tries to deface the murals in anyway, or even to reproduce them, will be overtaken by misfortune.
  • All about was magnificence and modernity- murals and modernist chairs and floor lamps and deep carpets full of elec- tricity.
  • Customers enjoy hand-painted murals, intricate mirrors and ceilings and ornate bathroom fixtures.
  • These outlets for the cultural consumer freely overflow into surrounding areas that are adorned with murals and sculptures.
  • Well-done murals attract far less graffiti and tend to last longer than murals that look hurriedly done.
British Dictionary definitions for murals

mural

/ˈmjʊərəl/
noun
1.
a large painting or picture on a wall
adjective
2.
of or relating to a wall
Derived Forms
muralist, noun
Word Origin
C15: from Latin mūrālis, from mūrus wall
Word Origin and History for murals

mural

n.

painting on a wall, 1921, short for mural painting (1850), from mural (adj.) "pertaining to walls" (mid-15c.), from Latin muralis "of a wall," from murus "wall" (Old Latin moiros, moerus), from PIE *mei- "to fix; to build fences or fortifications" (cf. Old English mære "boundary, border, landmark;" Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land;" Latin munire "to fortify, protect").

murals in Medicine

mural mu·ral (myur'əl)
adj.
Of or relating to the wall of any cavity.

murals in Culture

mural definition


A painting, usually large, made directly on a wall.

Note: The Mexican artist Diego Rivera was noted for his production of murals.