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Noun (7 meanings)
1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses.
paper is a type of:
types of paper:
- art paper (noun) - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
- blotting paper, blotter (noun) - absorbent paper used to dry ink
- blueprint paper (noun) - sensitized paper used to make blueprints
- carbon paper, carbon (noun) - a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon)
- card (noun) - one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- cardboard, composition board (noun) - a stiff moderately thick paper
- cartridge paper (noun) - paper for making cartridge cases
- chad (noun) - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
- computer paper (noun) - paper folded to permit continuous printing controlled by a computer
- confetti (noun) - small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
- construction paper (noun) - paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts
- crepe, crepe paper (noun) - paper with a crinkled texture
- drawing paper (noun) - paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting
- filter paper (noun) - a porous unsized paper used for filtering
- flypaper (noun) - paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
- graph paper (noun) - paper that has lines to permit drawing graphs
- greaseproof paper (noun) - paper that is impermeable to oil or grease
- india paper (noun) - a thin tough opaque paper used in fine books
- linen, linen paper (noun) - a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish
- litmus paper (noun) - unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator
- manifold paper, manifold (noun) - a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies
- manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper (noun) - a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp
- music paper, score paper (noun) - paper with lines appropriate for writing music
- newspaper, newsprint (noun) - cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
- oilpaper (noun) - paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
- pad, pad of paper, tablet (noun) - a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- paper tape (noun) - a long narrow strip of paper
- paper toweling (noun) - absorbent paper used as toweling
- papier-mache, paper-mache (noun) - a substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry
- papyrus (noun) - paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat
- parchment (noun) - a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- rice paper (noun) - a thin delicate material resembling paper
- roofing paper, tar paper (noun) - a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
- sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper (noun) - paper used for writing or printing
- ticker tape (noun) - a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written
- tissue, tissue paper (noun) - a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
- tracing paper (noun) - a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings
- transfer paper (noun) - a paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surface
- wallpaper (noun) - a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
- waste paper (noun) - paper discarded after use
- wax paper (noun) - paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin
- wrapping paper (noun) - a tough paper used for wrapping
- writing paper (noun) - paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink
paper is made from:
- cellulose (noun) - a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
paper is derivationally related to:
2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment).
Example:
- “he got an A on his composition”
paper is a type of:
- essay (noun) - an analytic or interpretive literary composition
types of paper:
- term paper (noun) - a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term
3. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.
Example:
- “he read his newspaper at breakfast”
paper is a type of:
- press, public press (noun) - the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
types of paper:
- daily (noun) - a newspaper that is published every day
- gazette (noun) - a newspaper or official journal
- school newspaper, school paper (noun) - a newspaper written and published by students in a school
- tabloid, rag, sheet (noun) - newspaper with half-size pages
parts of paper:
- column, editorial, newspaper column (noun) - an article giving opinions or perspectives
- comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies (noun) - a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- feature, feature article (noun) - a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
- headline, newspaper headline (noun) - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
- news article, news story, newspaper article (noun) - an article reporting news
- news item (noun) - an item in a newspaper
- rotogravure (noun) - printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
- sports section (noun) - the section of a newspaper that reports on sports
4. a medium for written communication.
Example:
- “the notion of an office running without paper is absurd”
5. a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses.
Example:
- “he has written many scientific papers”
paper is a type of:
- article (noun) - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
6. a business firm that publishes newspapers.
Example:
- “Murdoch owns many newspapers”
paper is a type of:
- publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company (noun) - a firm in the publishing business
Example:
- “when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper”
paper is a type of:
- product, production (noun) - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
Verb (2 meanings)
1. cover with paper.
to paper
Example:
- “paper the box”
to paper is a way to:
- to cover (verb) - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
to paper is derivationally related to:
- paper (noun) - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- paperhanger, paperer (noun) - one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
- papering, paperhanging (noun) - the application of wallpaper
- wallpaper (noun) - a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
- wallpaperer, wall-paperer (noun) - a worker who papers walls