1
: of, relating to, or resembling a wall
2
: applied to and made integral with a wall or ceiling surface
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Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
The Mission District in San Francisco often hosts winter art walks featuring mural tours, pop-up galleries and special craft fairs.
—Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Feast your eyes on Yauco From the rows of buildings painted in the same pattern to the vibrant murals scattered all over town, the southern town of Yauco is covered by more than 60 works of art thanks to the Yaucromatic Project.
—Amy Gordon, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Some of the most powerful images created as part of the mural initiative reside on a haunting, decayed block of Edison Concept Houses, constructed in 1913 by a subsidiary of U.S. Steel from inventor Thomas Edison’s patent for single-pour concrete homes.
—Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
The Mission District in San Francisco often hosts winter art walks featuring mural tours, pop-up galleries and special craft fairs.
—Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
Just before the opening of Flushing Meadows to the public, New York governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered the mural overpainted.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Feast your eyes on Yauco From the rows of buildings painted in the same pattern to the vibrant murals scattered all over town, the southern town of Yauco is covered by more than 60 works of art thanks to the Yaucromatic Project.
—Amy Gordon, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Mural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mural. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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mural
1 of 2 adjective
mu·ral
ˈmyu̇r-əl 
1
: of or relating to a wall
2
: applied to and made part of a wall surface
a mural painting
mural
2 of 2 noun
: a mural work of art
Medical Definition
mural
adjective
mu·ral
ˈmyu̇r-əl
: attached to and limited to a wall or a cavity
a mural thrombus
mural abscesses
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