Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Mural and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mural" instead a noun "Background".
Mural
Mural noun - A painting that is applied to a wall surface.
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Synonyms for Mural
Background and mural are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Mural".
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He speeds towards a mural depicting the background landscape with an Indian raid.
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During the Adventurer's level for The Cave you can line up your three characters to that of an Egyptian mural in the background and they'll copy it, gaining the achievement "Walk Like an Adventurer".
Source: Walk Like an Egyptian - In the background of the battle is a mural that depicts a yellow, hedgehog-shaped thing flying and fighting a giant robot over the Master Emerald in a somewhat subtle bit of Foreshadowing, created thousands of years earlier by the ancient Echidna civilization.
Source: Fanon / Video Games
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