Paper
WordNet
noun
(1) The physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
"When it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
(2) Medium for written communication
"The notion of an office running without paper is absurd"
(3) A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
"He read his newspaper at breakfast"
(4) A scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
"He has written many scientific papers"
(5) An essay (especially one written as an assignment)
"He got an A on his composition"
(6) A business firm that publishes newspapers
"Murdoch owns many newspapers"
(7) A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
verb
(8) Cover with wallpaper
(9) Cover with paper
"Paper the box"
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman , from , from , from .
Noun
- A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- Wallpaper.
- Wrapping paper.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).
- money.
Adjective
- Made of paper.
- paper bag
- paper plane
- Insubstantial.
- paper tiger
Verb
- To apply paper to.
- to paper the hallway walls
- To document; to memorialize.
- After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.