wallpaper

wallpaper
noun
ADJECTIVE
faded, peeling
floral, flowery, patterned, striped
flock (BrE), flocked (AmE), textured
aural (figurative)

Ambient music is really just aural wallpaper.

desktop (computing)

You can download desktop wallpaper.

… OF WALLPAPER
roll

six rolls of wallpaper

VERB + WALLPAPER
hang
be covered with, be hung with
strip, strip off
WALLPAPER + VERB
peel off
WALLPAPER + NOUN
paste

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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