mural

Everyday

A mural is a large picture painted directly onto a wall or ceiling. tree →

In the lessons

In art lessons, classes may design a mural for the playground or corridor. In towns, murals show local history, heroes or nature. In history, cave paintings and church wall paintings are early murals. Phrases: «paint a mural», «a school mural», «a street mural», «a wall mural».

Examples

• Our class painted a mural of the ocean in the hall. tree →
• The mural on the bridge shows the town's history. tree →
• Artists painted a huge mural of footballers on the side of the building. tree →
• The church had old murals of Bible stories. tree →
• We planned the mural on paper first. tree →
• The mural covered the whole wall. tree →

Note

Countable noun. From Latin «murus», wall. A mural is painted on the wall itself, not hung on it like a framed painting. Not the same as graffiti, which is often done without permission.