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paper

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1. paper - Noun

2. paper - Adjective

3. paper - Verb

Meaning

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.

A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.

Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.

Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.

A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.

To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.

To fold or inclose in paper.

To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he got an A on his composition Source: Internet

when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper Source: Internet

he read his newspaper at breakfast Source: Internet

Murdoch owns many newspapers Source: Internet

the notion of an office running without paper is absurd Source: Internet

he has written many scientific papers Source: Internet

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