Mural

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
     {Mure} a wall.]
     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." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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     2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
        precipice.
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     {Mural circle} (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
        the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
        wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
        {Circle}, n., 3.
  
     {Mural crown} (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
        gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
        him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
        there lodged a standard.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mural
       adj : of or relating to walls; "mural painting"
       n : a painting that is applied to a wall surface [syn: {wall
           painting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "mural":
     abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print, collage,
     color print, copy, cyclorama, daub, diptych, engraving, fresco,
     icon, illumination, illustration, image, likeness, miniature,
     montage, mosaic, panorama, parietal, partitioned, photograph,
     picture, print, representation, reproduction, septal,
     stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, tapestry,
     triptych, wall painting, walled