paper

Nouns

  • (n) a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
  • (n) an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
    • he got an A on his composition
    theme, report, composition,
  • (n) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
    • he read his newspaper at breakfast
    newspaper,
  • (n) a medium for written communication
    • the notion of an office running without paper is absurd
  • (n) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
    • he has written many scientific papers
  • (n) a business firm that publishes newspapers
    • Murdoch owns many newspapers
    newspaper, newspaper publisher,
  • (n) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
    • when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
    newspaper,

Verbs

  • (v) cover with paper
    • paper the box
  • (v) cover with wallpaper wallpaper,

Synonyms

theme report composition wallpaper newspaper newspaper publisher

Words of close approximity

papa
papal papaw Papio pappa Papua
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