Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wall-painting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: wal-l--paint-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc.

noun

A work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc.

Example Sentences

"Among investigations of ancient sites made by Japanese scholars in the Korean Peninsula during the past forty yeas, there are some which have attracted the attention of scholars of the world. One of these was the excavation of the Lo-lang sites of the Han dynasty centering about Heijōᵃ (P'ing-jang); the other was the discovery of the Kao-kou-li tombs with wall paintings in the neighborhood of Heijō and in the vicinity of T'ung-kou, Chi-an shêng,ᵇ Manchuria, in the north."

Inflected Forms

wall-paintings (plural) wallpainting (alternative)

Questions

What does wall-painting mean?: A work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc.

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