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mural (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to a painting or other work of art that is produced directly on the sides of buildings: The two brothers, Jake and Joel, often sneaked out at night to create mural examples that expressed their fondness for beautiful floral designs on the sides of some public buildings.
A large painting or decoration which is usually done directly on the surface of a building or other structure: Leon, Abby and Audrey from the art school got together and painted colorful murals on the brick wall separating part of their college from the local city street.
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“mural”
inter-mural, intermural; intramural
inter-mural, intermural (in tuhr MYOOR uhl) (adjective)
Describing the involvement of participants between two or more educational institutions, athletic clubs, or other groups; literally, "between the walls": There were friendly inter-mural debates scheduled among the rival schools.
intramural (in truh MYOOR uhl) (adjective)
Concerning something which exists or is carried on within the bounds of an institution; especially, a school, athletic club, or a group; literally, "within the walls": Kevin signed up to play intramural soccer at his school.
The winner of the intramural sports competition at each of the universities then played an inter-mural game to determine the overall championship.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group I; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
(page 4)
inter-, intero-
(page 11)
wall mural
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
(page 24)